Dar Williams - We Learned The Sea lyrics

I am the captain and I have been told

That tomorrow we land and my ship has been sold

Now losing this boat is worth scarce a mention

I think of the crewmost of all the first ensign

For all we learned the sea

Guiding a shipit takes more than your skill

It's the compass inside it's the strength of your will

The first ensign watched as tempests all tried me

I sang in the wind as if God were beside me

For all we learned the sea

You take the wheel one more time like I showed you

We've reached the strait once even I could not go through

I am the captain and I have been told

But I am not shakenI am eight years old

And you are still youngbut you'll understand

That the stars of the sea are the same for the land

And we came to learn the sea