A Passing Ship Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

A passing ship 

I have found the open ocean 

Give me no lip 

The waves roll by as I pass on 

A sunlit sea 

On the first day of April 

How fresh the wind 

Will you miss me when I'm gone? 

How many words 

How many songs still unwritten? 

How many ships 

Of the line have come and gone? 

In the good old days 

May they never be forgotten 

They had heavy wind 

Or they had no wind at all 

A passing ship 

It is midnight on the ocean 

Had a real long trip 

I have been at sea all winter 

When my ship came in 

I was givin' up the ghost 

I think I should be 

Leavin' those passing ships alone 

When the sea runs high 

The sea runs wild and I'm unsteady 

And I think of you 

In the warmth of your home and family 

When love is true 

There is no truer occupation 

And may this gale 

Blow us to the ones we love 

Another day, another ocean 

Give me no lip 

But stand aside as I pass on 

A sunlit sea 

On the last day in October 

How fresh the wind 

Will you miss me from now on? 

I guess I should be 

Leavin' passing ships alone