To New Lands... (Part I) Lyrics

The ocean calls my very name and beckons me to stand
Among the waves which crash and break upon my native lands
My eyes on the horizon as the winds begin to blow
Through the sails upon my moored ship as the moon begins to glow
Where have they come from, these surging seas and why do they not stay
I wonder as i watch the golden sunset fade away
My yearning heart which pulls me forth at last makes up its mind
First sunlight i will raise my sail and leave these shores behind

Sail! Into the western skies
Sail! And leave my life behind
Sail! Into the western skies
And travel forth to unknown lands where dark and light entwine

CHORUS:
Into the sunset, the western trail
Never to return to my home lands
The eastern winds they fill my sail
And carry me to distant sands
Through the storms i will prevail
To new horizons proud and grand
And beyond the sunset, the western trail
My journey leads me to new lands

I drag my boat to the waters edge and look into the east
The chilling darkness of the night at last begins to cease
The rising sun it shows its face and floods the sky with red
The gulls begin to wake and call, and so i raise my head
The waves which lap about my hull they chill my aching feet
But icy cold or burning sun will not be my defeat
I raise my mast and hoist my sail and gather up my oars
At last i give my final push and cast off from my shores

Sail! Into the western skies
Sail! And leave my life behind
Sail! Into the western skies
And travel forth to unknown lands away from humankind