Song Lyrics Al Stewart - Old Admirals    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> A>> Al Stewart Singer Lyrics [Al Stewart other resources]>> Old Admirals Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Al Stewart Music Title/Track: Old Admirals Theme ID: 11591 Album: N/A I can well recall the first time I ever put to sea, It was on the old "Calcutta" in eightteen fifty-three. I was just a lad of fourteen years, a midshipman to be To make my way in sailing ships of the Royal Navy. By the time that I was twenty-one I'd sailed the world around, Weathered storms in the China seas with the hatches battened down, And made my way by starlight off the coast of Newfoundland And dined on beer and herrings while the waves blew all around. I live in retirement now and through my window comes the sound Of seagulls and sets my mind remembering. The evening stars like memories sail far beyond the distant trees Way out across the open seas I hear them sing. Oh, the wooden ships they turned to iron and the iron ships to steel And shed their sails like autumn leaves with the turning of the wheel And I was given Captain's rank, and soon took under me the proudest ship that ever sailed for Queen and country. Ah, the old queen she passed away with the newborn century And I received my calling up to the admiralty. The sands ran through the hourglass each day more rapidly As we watched the growing of the fleets of High Germany. So at last the Great War blazed I waited with the passing days a call to arms that never came, writing letters. "I may be old now in your eyes, but all my years have made me wise, You don't see where the danger lies, oh call me back, call me back..." But the war, it ran its course they could find no use for me And I live in the country now, grandchildren on my knee And sometimes think in all this world the saddest thing to be Old admirals who feel the wind and never put to sea. Now just like you, I've sailed my dreams like ships across the sea And some of them they've come on rocks and some faced mutiny And when they're sunken one by one I'll join that company - Old admirals who feel the wind, and never put to sea. Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Sand In Your Shoes, Sirens Of Titan, Song On The Radio, Strange Girl, Swiss Cottage Maneuvers, Dark and the Rolling Sea, The Elf, The One That Got Away, The Year of the Cat, Time Passages, Time Passeges, Trains, Trespasser, Turn Into Earth, Whats Going On, Where Are They Now, Year of the Cat, Crime Pays, Do Yo Thang, Foxxy Brown, Peace Akki, Think Not, Mairzy Doats, You Call Everybody Darling, Show And Tell, The Snake, Christmas At Ground Zero, Trash Day, Loucos De Lisboa, Perdidamente, Solta-Se O Beijo, "reckless", 40 Hour Week, 40 Hour Week (For A Livin), A Candle In The Window, Alabama - Reckless, Alabama - Then Again, Alabama - We Cant Love Like This Anymore, Alabama - Why Lady Why, Alabama Sky, Alabama-Reckless, Alabama-Then Again, Alabama-Why Lady Why, Albama - Tlc Asap, Albama-Tlc Asap, American Pride, Angels Among Us, Anytime, Anytime (Im Your Man), Anytime Im Your Man, Other Al Stewart song Lyrics Accident On 3rd Street Lyrics Almost Lucy Lyrics Angel Of Mercy Lyrics Antarctica Lyrics Apple Cider Re-constitution Lyrics Apple Cider Re-Constitution Lyrics Bad Reputation Lyrics Bedsitter Images Lyrics Broadway Hotel Lyrics Cafe Society Lyrics Carol Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Al Tariq Lyrics Al Trace Lyrics Al Wilson Lyrics Al Yankovic Lyrics Ala Dos Namorados Lyrics Alabama Lyrics Alabama 3 Lyrics Alabaster Box Lyrics Alabina Lyrics Alacranes Musicales Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy