A Salty Dog - All This and More

It`s not that I`m so cheerful, though I`ll always raise a smile 
and if at times my nonsense rhymes then I`ll stand trial 
My friends are all around me but they only breathe through fear 
Were I to cry, I`m sure that still they`d never see a tear 

In darkness through my being here, away from you 
the bright light of your star confronts me shining through

Dull and sullen, much subdued, my skull a stony glaze 
Whirlpools rage on constantly, I`m not so well these days 
There must be something somewhere near who sees what`s being done 
The harbour lights are burning bright, my wax is almost run 

In darkness through my being here, away from you 
the bright light of your star confronts me, shining through

Come Lollard, raise your lute and sing, and to my ears her beauty bring 
like Maddox in the days of old we`ll feast and drink until we fold 
And folding still we`ll spare a thought for what`s been lost 
and what`s been caught 
and maybe then begin again for love is life, not poison 

In darkness through my being here, away from you 
the bright light of your star confronts me, shining through