As the last ship on the ocean, sails into the setting sun

Though its billowed sails soon fade away, it’s memory lingers on

I’ve come so far in one short lifetime, it seems hardly far enough

As I retrace those steps behind me and conceive those yet to come

 

Through perfect days when I am with you, I know anywhere you go

I can hold those times forever as they wonder through my soul

With these moments I remember and have nurtured for so long

As their words drift through my fingers, changing memories to song

 

   Cause I know the shortest distance between two hearts

   Are the memories that bind them, may they sail… forever on

 

I don’t pretend to know the answers to the questions that we seek

But if through song a candle starts to burn and shines it’s light on me

Then with my instrument beside me, and the words I carry down

I will weave their timeless wisdom through a web of rhythmic sound

 

                          (Instr.)

 

As the never ending story in the music carries on

And the last ship on the ocean sails into the setting sun

All those moments we remember, are the treasures that we keep

As the words drift through my fingers changing songs to memories

 

   Cause I know the shortest distance between two hearts

   Are the memories that bind them, may they sail…forever on

   Cause I know the shortest distance between two hearts

   And the memories that bind them, may they sail…forever on

   Sail on, forever on…sail on, forever on.............