Alvarenga

I do it my way, I sail on a Friday, I don’t do devotions or charms
So far I’ve come to no harm
Three lunar cycles, a prayer to St. Michael, my mother pays destiny’s due
And I wear this swallow tattoo
You blow a kiss to your love from the stern
A promise to always return
We crossed the ocean, no maps and no notion, the first thing we found was a storm
The worst one that I’ve ever seen
Hundreds of miles from the last place of rest, thousands of miles from the next

Alvarenga, Alvarenga, come home
Alvarenga, Alvarenga, come home

We seemed like brothers, we dreamed of our mothers and somehow we kept her afloat
Just two little lives in a boat
Freshwater fountains and fruits of the mountain, I feasted on lies in my head
Well it kept me from drinking the sea
You mapped a course that was different to mine
You drank the ocean like wine

Alvarenga, Alvarenga, come home
Alvarenga, Alvarenga, come home

Gulls sound like laughter, I held you long after, the light in your eyes only moons
You were cold like our hooks and harpoons
Sunrise to sunset I scanned for a silhouette, a thousand horizons unknown
Just me and the ocean alone
Mother my castaway cradle of bones
Sing to me all the way home

Alvarenga, Alvarenga, come home
Alvarenga, Alvarenga, come home