TRACY CHAPMAN – I used to be a sailor (1992)

“I used to be a sailor” belongs to Matters of the Heart (1992), the third studio album by Tracy Chapman.

I used to be a sailor Who sailed across the seas But now I’m just an island Since they took my boat away from me Oh no I don’t like being stationary I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea I sit and rot behind these padded walls Hoping one day they’ll fall And set me free

He wrote his epitaph He wrote his eulogy It said ‘I think that I can die now For my true love won’t come for me’ Oh no

I don’t like being stationary I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea I sit and rot behind these padded walls Hoping one day they’ll fall And set me free

I used to be a sailor Who sailed across the seas But now I’m just an island Since they took my boat away from me Oh no

I don’t like being stationary I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea I sit and rot behind these padded walls Hoping one day they’ll fall And set me free

Set me free Set me free Set me free