Wildsea Tree Shanty #5 - “Give Me A Chart”
Added 2024-06-27 11:00:08 +0000 UTCWritten and Performed Brian Flaherty and J Strautman
Instrumentation by J Strautman
Lyrics:
-Chorus-
Give me a chart and I’ll sing you a story
A story of sailors that sailed here before
They forged the pathways that all of us follow
So follow with caution but sail them with joy
-Singer A-
Read not the chart for the arrows and dashes
the dashes are foolish, the arrows are lies
-Singer B-
Lies on a chart find the truth in its branches
the branches that carry you into the world
-Singer A-
The world is not kind and the leaves they are hungry
a hunger that rustles and cries for your soul
- Singer B-
Your soul is not something with which you can barter
You barter with only the things that you own
~Chorus~
Give me a chart and I’ll sing you a story
A story of sailors that sailed here before
They forged the pathways that all of us follow
So follow with caution but sail them with joy
-Singer A-
The marks on a chart are the seeds of adventure
adventures that promise to write you your song
-Singer B-
Your song may be lost and your shanty forgotten
Forgotten words litter the sea and the skies
-Singer A-
The skies are awash with the trapping of freedom
but freedom is shifty it knows how to hide
-Singer B-
It hides in the clouds that veil all of the stars
The stars are what guide you and carry you on
~Chorus~
Give me a chart and I’ll sing you a story
A story of sailors that sailed here before
They forged the pathways that all of us follow
So follow with caution but sail them with joy
