So you're setting sail
Sweet Andrea Gail
Heading out alone
Into the raging foam
Hiding by the shore
Ain't what ships are for
I still wonder why
Every time you say goodbye
I've seen so many lost
To breakers and the rocks
There's a million graves
Far beneath the waves
But fools and fishermen
They head on out again
I still wanna cry
Every time you say goodbye
Saw a lady in my dreams last night
Standing in the rain, wearing white
In her eyes was a blinding light
So I asked her to guide you home alright
Andrea Gail