On a bench, on the beach 
Just before the sun had gone 
I tried to reach you 
Plain faced and falling fast 
You looked so vacant like an empty shell 
Whose life had passed upon the ocean 
 
Before light shook the sky 
Down by the docks I saw 
The masts unfolding 
Don't turn away, please understand 
It's a life and a living 
And a way to keep the wolves away 
From hungry hands, from hungry hands 
 
Crazy water 
Takes my fishing boat on Monday morning 
Dangerous dreaming 
If we all believe in the things you believe you're seeing 
Oh we'd never drop our nets in the crazy water, crazy water 
 
Tangled lives, lonely wives 
Shoreline widows pray 
For the souls of missing whalers 
Endless nights on an endless sea 
Where nothing lives between us 
Just the breakers on the ocean 
Separating you and me 
Separating you and me