"Finale" lyrics
Swept Away Original Broadway Cast, The Avett Brothers, John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe & Wayne Duvall Lyrics
(from "Swept Away" soundtrack)
Once I was a carpenter, and man, my hands were callused
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay
Forever I will move
Like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction
I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender
And remember we're all in this together
If you live the life you're given, you won't be scared to die
There are calm seas ahead. Sail on
Keep going, brother
Make yourself clean
My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
Hope and fear go with it
And the moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and the fruit before our eyes
Sometimes I hit
Sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit
Sometimes it robs me blind
Forever I will move
Like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction
I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender
And remember well we're all in this together
Oh
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ah
Lord, lay your hand on my shoulder
Guide me to our home
My days are just about over
The here after's unknown
The sea can have this tired heart
The sun can bleach my bones
Oh
Lord, lay your hand on my shoulder
And guide me
(Guide me)
Guide me
(Guide me)
Guide me
Oh
Ah
Home
Well you send my life a-whirling
Darling when you're twirling
On the floor
And who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow
Than another day
When you swept me away?
Well, you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay
Forever I will move
Like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction
I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender
And remember we're all in this together
If you live the life you're given, you won't be scared to die
There are calm seas ahead. Sail on
Keep going, brother
Make yourself clean
My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
Hope and fear go with it
And the moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and the fruit before our eyes
Sometimes I hit
Sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit
Sometimes it robs me blind
Forever I will move
Like the world that turns beneath me
And when I lose my direction
I'll look up to the sky
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender
And remember well we're all in this together
Oh
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ah
Lord, lay your hand on my shoulder
Guide me to our home
My days are just about over
The here after's unknown
The sea can have this tired heart
The sun can bleach my bones
Oh
Lord, lay your hand on my shoulder
And guide me
(Guide me)
Guide me
(Guide me)
Guide me
Oh
Ah
Home
Well you send my life a-whirling
Darling when you're twirling
On the floor
And who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow
Than another day
When you swept me away?
Well, you swept me away
Yeah, you swept me away
