"Sleek White Schooner" lyrics

"Sleek White Schooner"

I dreamed I saw you sailing in
Upon a sleek white schooner
You were skimming over the shallow seas,
Coming into harbour,
Healing on your brow
In the hard, fateful, brand new
Twenty-first century

The cargo you were carrying
Was richer than riches,
Golder than gold and yet more real than real
And the light that came a-flashing
From the new born babe in your arms
Was a pealing of thunder, a cannonball flying
A sun exploding, Dawn in the heart of me

I stood there on the shoreline
Looking out over to sea
And I watched your white sail
Sparkling on the horizon
You were coming into harbour
Healing on your brow
In the hard, fateful, brand new
Twenty-first century


Writer(s): Michael Scott
album: "This Is The Sea" (1985)
The Waterboys - This Is The Sea album cover
Beverly Penn
(Bonus Track)
Sleek White Schooner
(Bonus Track)
Medicine Jack
(Bonus Track)
High Far Soon
(Instrumental)
Even The Trees Are Dancing
(Instrumental)
Towers Open Fire
(Instrumental)
Then You Hold Me
(Bonus Track)
Spirit (Full Length)
(Bonus Track)
Miracle
(Bonus Track)
I Am Not Here
(Bonus Track)
Sweet Thing
(Bonus Track)
The Waves
(Bonus Track)