Cast Off (Take Me Away)

I hear a voice calling me
To rise up from my weary life
And join her on the wind
She bids me sail upon the sea
So cast off, hoist sail
The journey begins

At first I breast the lofty surge
My soul begins to soar
I've nothing left to tie me down
I'm free forever more
I climb the hempen tackle
And I scream out to the sea
"May I never see my home again
It's a sailor's life for me!"

Cast off, take me away
To the far shores of Tripoli
To the waves of Bengal Bay
Cast off, take me away
There's a dream on the horizon
There's a world beyond the shore
I'll never take my eyes off
These sacred waves of yore
The day she is awaking
Sun, lead us not astray
Hoist sail, cast off, take me away

It's been a year I've been at sea
Livin' amongst the rolling waves
And dirty cursed men
I remember the voice that called to me
And if she asked me one more time
I'd do it all again

For each time I breast the lofty surge
My soul begins to fly
I live to see the rolling waters
Toss waves to the sky
I cry out to the ocean
As a storm begins to rise
Send me a maelstrom night or day
I'll sail until I die!

Cast off, take me away
To the far shores of Tripoli
To the waves of Bengal Bay
Cast off, take me away
There's a dream on the horizon
There's a world beyond the shore
I'll never take my eyes off
These sacred waves of yore
The day she is awaking
Sun, lead us not astray
Hoist sail, cast off, take me away

Hark! The waves are calling, I must answer
I find no love nor life on land, my joy is at sea
So bring me a thousand days
Of a life among the waves
May I sail these waters free (for eternity)

It's been so long I've been at sea
I've seen every sea town
Every port and every shore
Yet still a voice calls to me
To go beyond the surface
Deeper than 'ere before

The voice she has a face now
I see her in the waves
In her I find my answers
My life is hers to save
For she is who I heeded
She began it all
It seems my life is
An answer to the ocean's call