Papion was a sailor He sailed across the seas A ship wrapped to his ankle His ransom was all that he plead Brought here by his father's hands Swept out upon their shores Left him feeling turbulent Tired, tattered and torn Chorus A Change is happening it don't seem the same The coming attractions the drop of the name I feel so worthless and you take the blame Stories are lies with smiles and promises Broken they amount to the truth I left you here with what I owned Everything more than past due I have no need for this tragedy Or standing alone in the cold Left on this ship now this ship I ride Everything else has been broken Chorus Well now on this ship the ship I ride No more taking me nothing but the tides taking me away It takes me more and more each day And the places I've gone and the things I've seen There's nothing more a man ever wishes He could ever be, but still I keep on dreamin' So I port my ship, slept under the stars Done lots of things, played in many bars But I never seem to be satisfied Enough for myself, for my friends, for my family From beginning to end they know that I love them all