• Lost Sailor
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    Compass card is spinning
    Helm is swingin' to and fro
    Ooh where's the dog star
    Ooh where's the moon
    You're lost sailor
    You've been too long at sea (note 1)

    Some days the gales are howling
    Some days the sea is still as glass
    Ooh reef the mainsail
    Ooh lash the mast
    You're lost sailor
    You've been too long at sea

    Now the shore-lights beckon
    Yeah there's a price for being free

    Yeah the sea birds cry (note 2)
    There's a ghost wind blowin'
    It's calling you to that misty swirling sea
    Till the chains of your dreams are broken
    No place in this world you can be

    You're lost sailor
    You've been way too long at sea
    Now the shore-lights beckon
    Yeah there's a price for being free

    Drifting yeah drifting
    Yeah drifting and dreaming

    'Cause there's a place you've never been (note 3)
    Maybe a place you've never seen
    You can hear her calling on the wind
    Go on and drift your life away
    Yeah just drifting and dreaming
    Maybe drift your life away
    Drifting and dreaming
    Yes I'm going on a dream
    Maybe going on a dream
    Maybe going on a dream
    Maybe going on a dream

    (1) Bob Weir often sang "Been way too long at sea" (2) It sounds as if Bob Weir sometimes sang "Hear the sea birds cry" (3) The end is largely improvised. Examples of variations include.`

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(1) Bob Weir often sang "Been way too long at sea" (2) It sounds as if Bob Weir sometimes sang "Hear the sea birds cry" (3) The end is largely improvised. Examples of variations include.`

Lyrics By
John Barlow
Music By
Bob Weir
Lyrics

Compass card is spinning
Helm is swingin' to and fro
Ooh where's the dog star
Ooh where's the moon
You're lost sailor
You've been too long at sea (note 1)

Some days the gales are howling
Some days the sea is still as glass
Ooh reef the mainsail
Ooh lash the mast
You're lost sailor
You've been too long at sea

Now the shore-lights beckon
Yeah there's a price for being free

Yeah the sea birds cry (note 2)
There's a ghost wind blowin'
It's calling you to that misty swirling sea
Till the chains of your dreams are broken
No place in this world you can be

You're lost sailor
You've been way too long at sea
Now the shore-lights beckon
Yeah there's a price for being free

Drifting yeah drifting
Yeah drifting and dreaming

'Cause there's a place you've never been (note 3)
Maybe a place you've never seen
You can hear her calling on the wind
Go on and drift your life away
Yeah just drifting and dreaming
Maybe drift your life away
Drifting and dreaming
Yes I'm going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream