Wooden Ships Lyrics - Stills & Nash Crosby

(UPS) EARTH JULY 1975 

Black sails knifing through the pitchblende night 

Away from the radioactive landmass madness 

From the silver-suited people searching out 

Uncontaminated food and shelter on the shores 

No glowing metal on our ship of wood only 

Free happy crazy people naked in the universe 

WE SPEAK EARTH TALK 

GO RIDE THE MUSIC 

If you smile at me you know I will understand 

Cause that is something everybody everywhere does 

In the same language 

I can see by your coat my friend that you're from the other side 

There's just one thing I got to know 

Can you tell me please who won 

You must try some of my purple berries 

I been eating them for six or seven weeks now 

Haven't got sick once 

Probably keep us both alive 

Wooden ships on the water very free and easy 

Easy you know the way it's supposed to be 

Silver people on the shoreline leave us be 

Very free and easy 

Sail away where the mornin sun goes high 

Sail away where the wind blows sweet and young birds fly 

Take a sister by her hand 

Lead her far from this barren land 

Horror grips us as we watch you die 

All we can do is echo your anguished cry and 

Stare as all you human feelings die 

We are leaving 

You don't need us 

Go and take a sister by her hand 

Lead her far from this foreign land 

Somewhere where we might laugh again 

We are leaving 

You don't need us 

Sailing ships on the water very free and easy 

Easy you know the way it's supposed to be 

Silver people on the shoreline leave us be 

Very free 

And gone 

NO C'MON 

GO RIDE THE MUSIC 

C'MON RIDE IT CHILD