Strawbs - Back On The Farm lyrics

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I sailed with Miss Columbus for a trip across the sea,<br />

The horizon was behind me when I found that I was free.<br />

I smashed the glass I drank from, drove it deep into my arm.<br />

Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?<br />

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She put me on the periscope and told me she was lost,<br />

She said she was expensive, but I did not mind the cost.<br />

I said her deep-sea diver did not mean her any harm.<br />

Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?<br />

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I rang the bell of freedom,<br />

Drank from the well of plenty,<br />

The milk of human kindness<br />

Was succour to my soul.<br />

I took her to the mast head<br />

And showed her my conditions,<br />

She promised me the cargo<br />

That she carried in her hold.<br />

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The sails were set for sunrise when we found the wind had dropped,<br />

I tried to make the time up but the clock had somehow stopped.<br />

A fire broke out below the decks and I sounded the alarm.<br />

Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?<br />

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Now you might think it strange of me to write to you this way.<br />

For years I was a farmer, but I could not make it pay,<br />

Yet here I am a sailor and I feel a sense of calm.<br />

Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?