An
Ocean of Streets
Surrounds my island
And the waves of people
Wash against my door
And the tides of days and nights,
they go so quickly
And this bothers me,
cause I know there's so much more
Some have islands in the sky,
some have islands in the sea
But my island's always here,
and that's my hang -up to be free
Sail away, boy, sail away
How often I have thought
and tried to leave here
Take my bird an
d beat my feet
And board the good ship
Chance and make my voyage
You can sail all the way
across the street
Some have islands in the sky
Some have islands in the sea
But my island's always here
And that's my hang -up to be free
Sail away, boy, sail away
Sometimes I think and find
that conscience is
The most important thing to a man
To know you've stayed
and tried and died to live
On a crowded beach of
artificial sand
Some have islands in the sky,
some have islands in the sea
But my island's always here,
and that's my hang on to be free
Sail away, boy, sail away, boy
Sail away, boy,
sail away, sail away