Cutty Sark Lyrics

I dream of empire, I dream of sailing ships,
A fortune beneath their decks,
Heavy with cargo, copper and ivory.
I cross the ocean from one land to the next,
I trade the s***e between, I cross the ocean,
I trade the s***e between.

Up in the crow's nest or down in the hold
I hear the ocean sing to me,
It sings to me of another way of life,
I ignore it, I choose to ignore it.
I work with chart, compass, latitude, longitude,
A world of reference points,
To cross the ocean, measure the s***e between.

Still this singing insists and insists,
Won't go away, won't leave me be,
It sings to me of another way of life,
I ignore it, I choose to ignore it,
I ignore its melody.