Red Skies at Night
from Are We There Yet ? by Homeboy Steve
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lyrics
He stands on the deck and looks out at the ocean
Dreaming of fresh sheets and cases cof rum
Three weeks gone from the coast of Morroco
With wine by the barrel and grain by the ton
Nothing else on the horizon
As far as his eyes can see
But the cool pale moon that's arising
There's someplace that he'd rather be
She stands on the deck and looks out at the ocean
though she knows he won't be back for nearly a year
She wants to go home but the sailors are calling
"Walk us to town and we'll buy you a beer"
She puts her ring in with his letters
By the bed that they sometimes share
He'll tell her she ought to know better
But she knows that he doesn't care
She's red skies at night, she's a sailor's delight
Put a drink in her belly, a coin in her hand
She doesn't ask him and he doesn't tell
But she lives in the heart of this seafaring man
Suddenly there he is at her window
Whiskers and skin burned black by the sun
He stands in her doorway, looks in at her kitchen
She knows that her seafaring man has come
Late in night she listens
She doesn't want this night to end
She knows that it's this she'll be missing
In the morning when he's gone again
She's red skies at night, she's a sailor's delight
Put a drink in her belly, a coin in her hand
She doesn't ask him and he doesn't tell
But she lives in the heart of this seafaring man
One day an officer came by to tell her
The ship it was lost and no one was saved
She thought of the rocks and the cliffs high above them
She thought of his cold cold watery grave
The sand shifts down on the sea floor
The sun sinks out of sight
There's a new ship in at the lee shore
She knows where she'll be tonight
She's red skies at night, she's a sailor's delight
Put a drink in her belly, a coin in her hand
She doesn't ask him and he doesn't tell
But she lives in the heart of this seafaring man
Dreaming of fresh sheets and cases cof rum
Three weeks gone from the coast of Morroco
With wine by the barrel and grain by the ton
Nothing else on the horizon
As far as his eyes can see
But the cool pale moon that's arising
There's someplace that he'd rather be
She stands on the deck and looks out at the ocean
though she knows he won't be back for nearly a year
She wants to go home but the sailors are calling
"Walk us to town and we'll buy you a beer"
She puts her ring in with his letters
By the bed that they sometimes share
He'll tell her she ought to know better
But she knows that he doesn't care
She's red skies at night, she's a sailor's delight
Put a drink in her belly, a coin in her hand
She doesn't ask him and he doesn't tell
But she lives in the heart of this seafaring man
Suddenly there he is at her window
Whiskers and skin burned black by the sun
He stands in her doorway, looks in at her kitchen
She knows that her seafaring man has come
Late in night she listens
She doesn't want this night to end
She knows that it's this she'll be missing
In the morning when he's gone again
She's red skies at night, she's a sailor's delight
Put a drink in her belly, a coin in her hand
She doesn't ask him and he doesn't tell
But she lives in the heart of this seafaring man
One day an officer came by to tell her
The ship it was lost and no one was saved
She thought of the rocks and the cliffs high above them
She thought of his cold cold watery grave
The sand shifts down on the sea floor
The sun sinks out of sight
There's a new ship in at the lee shore
She knows where she'll be tonight
She's red skies at night, she's a sailor's delight
Put a drink in her belly, a coin in her hand
She doesn't ask him and he doesn't tell
But she lives in the heart of this seafaring man
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Homeboy Steve New York, New York
Homeboy Steve, nee Stephen B Antonakos, has played with a succession of American roots bands spanning the last thirty
years.
His most recent release is "Bodega Rock". He thinks that there's one or two good songs left that haven't already been written and he presents his attempts to write and perform them accompanied by his guitar and other friends.
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