For Salty Eyes

Rob Kent

Written and performed by Rob Kent
Recorded and mixed by Ciaran Thurlow

Here we all are on the same boat
All heading the same direction
All intending to get far
Always further than we are

Each voyage is plentiful
If not for your pockets your head
And the longest trip
Sometimes can yield the least
Render your spirit dead

At each next offshore leave
Satisfaction grows old
Some resign to stay behind
We set out for more gold

Our favourite shanty sings
How we may strive all our lives
Never seeing under our noses
For the salt in our eyes

We are proud to say we set sail
And will be proud to set sail again
Though we may row of lives away
If we can’t start living for the day

Here we all are on the same boat
Working side by side
Determined to happen upon our paradise
Holding out for our piece of the prize

Gazing upon each new horizon
We know this venture could be our last
The temptation to jump ship is growing strong
But we would hate to be going nowhere fast

Here we all are on the same boat
All heading the same direction
All intending to get far
Always further than we are

Our favourite shanty sings
How we may strive all our lives
Never seeing under our noses
For the salt in our eyes

We are proud to say we set sail
And will be proud to set sail again
Though we may row of lives away
If we can’t start living for the day