Jimmy Buffett Southern Cross Lyrics

Southern Cross Lyrics

Got out of town on a boat for the southern islands
On a reach before a
following sea
We were making for the trades on the outside
And the
downhill run to Papeete

Off the wind on this heading lie the
Marquesas
We got eighty feet of waterline nicely making way
In a noisy
bar in Avalon I tried to call you
But on the midnight watch I realized why
twice you ran away

(Chorus)
Think about how many times I have
fallen
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
What heaven brought
you and me cannot be forgotten
I have been around the world
Looking for
that woman girl
Who knows love can endure
And you know it will. And you
know it will.

When you see the southern cross for the first time
You
understand just why you came this way
Cause the truth you might be running
from is so small
But its as big as the promise, the promise of a coming
day

And I'm heading all the way, my dreams are dying
And my love is
an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
I have my ship and all her
flags are a-flying
She is all I have left and music is her
name

(chorus)

So we cheated and we tried and we tested
And we
never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do
You will survive being
bested
Somebody strong comes along, makes me forget, forget about loving
you
And the southern cross