Sailing Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker 

Spoken: 

Well, there I am in Mexico, man, 

I'm sittin' on a big hot rock with the blues, 

Watchin' this sailboat drive by, and I'm wonderin', "Where's mine?" 

Hell, I know where there's ship in a bottle, 

I mean a schooner with a worm on board, yeah. 

Chorus: 

I think I'm gonna go off sailing 

I think I'm gonna go off sailing 

I think I'm gonna go off sailing 

Cause I've been on dry land too long 

Something I seen here seems to make me seasick 

Something I seen here seems to make me seasick 

Something I seen here seems to make me seasick 

And I been on dry land too long 

Roll on 

Chorus 

Leeches, land sharks, octopuses make my brain hurt 

Land sharks, octopuses make my brain hurt 

Yea, and I've been on dry land too long 

Ship in a bottle 

Chorus 

Sail on, sail on 

Chorus 

Let's carry on 

Chorus 

I need a ship in a bottle 

Chorus