Paddy Reilly - Safe In The Harbour Lyrics

Have you stood by the ocean
On a diamond hard morning
And felt the horizon stir deep in your soul?
Watched the wake of the steamer as
It cuts through blue waters?
Been gripped by a fever
You just can't control?
To throw off the shackles
To fly with the seagulls
To where green waves tumble before
A driving sea winds or to lie on the decking
On a warm summer evening
Watch the red sun fall burning
Beneath the earth's rim

To every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamers, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbor at last
Safe in the harbor at last
Some men are sailors
But most are just dreamers
Held fast by the anchor they
Forge in their mind
Who in their hearts know they'll
Never sail over deep waters
To search for a treasure they're
Afraid they won't find
So in sheltered harbours they
Cling to their anchors
Bank down the boilers & shut down the steam
And wait for the sailors to
Return with their treasures
That will fan the dull embers
& fire up their dreams

To every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamers, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbor at last
Safe in the harbor at last

Some men are schemers who
Laugh at the dreamers
Take the gold from the sailors
And turn it to dross
They are men in a prison
They are men without vision
Whose only horizon is profit and loss
So when storm clouds come sailing
Across your blue ocean
Hold fast to your dreaming for
All that you're worth
For as long as there's dreamers
There will always be sailors
Bringing back their bright treasures from
The corners of earth

To every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamers, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbor at last
Safe in the harbor at last