SAIL AWAY

Sail away, sail away over the sea.
Seeking a home for my Laurie and me.
Seeking a haven of plenty and peace
Safe from all violence, pain and disease.>

We came to a land that was covered with snow.
Where the hurricane demons forever would blow.
We fled for our lives from that pitiless land.
As we searched for our parcel of paradise sand.

We came to a country all covered with trees.
But the government  kept all the folk on their knees.
We flew from that place without more than a glance.
As we journeyed secure in our golden romance.

We came to a place that was covered with stones.
Like the barren remains of a giantess's bones.
The people all stared like somnambulant fools.
As we sailed our ship on their ocean of drool.

We came to a place where the ocean did storm.
With Herculean waves of malevolent harm.
They crushed our poor skiff like a second hand toy.
And set us adrift like an anchorless buoy.

We at last came to rest on the shores of an isle
That was sheltered from pretense and malice and guile.
We laughed when we saw it for our little band
Had returned to the place where our journey began.