Safe at harbor, everything is easy
  Off to starboard, daylight comes up fast
  Now I'm restless for the open water
  Red flags are flying fromhe Coast Guard mast
  They told me to stay, I heard all the information
  I motored away and steered straight ahead
  Though the weatherman said
    CHORUS
  There's a storm front coming (mood indigo)
  White water running and the pressure is low
  Storm front coming (mood indigo)
  Small craft warning on the radio
    I've been sailing a long time on this ocean
  Man gets lonesome, all those years at sea
  I've got a woman, my life should be easy
  Most men hunger for the life I lead
  The morning was gray, but I had the motivation
  I drifted away and ran into more
  Heavy weather off shore
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    We've got a low pressure system and a northeast breeze
  We've got a falling barometer and rising seas
  We've got the cumulonimbus and a possible gale
  We've got a force nine blowing on the Beaufort scale
    I'm still restless for the open water
  Though she gives me everything I need
  She asked me to stay, but I'd done my navigation
  I drove her away, but I should have known
  To stay tied up at home
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