Paroles:
Chris De Burgh

With the voices getting nearer I knew that I had to hide, I got up behind a coffin, then I saw who was inside, By the skin and bones of Blackbeard I lay

Last night, I saw it there, Shining in the dark again, The light that all men seem to fear; They say that sailors were drowning in the bay, And people

Alas poor John, he was a prisoner, Fortune?s fool for many a day, Blinded by that cursed diamond, With his freedom, he must pay; And so it was for faithful

Here he lies before me, My friend for many years, He saved me from the water, Now I?m drowning in my tears; Grief is but a poor word for everything I

Now the time had come for Elzevir and John, To be sent from Holland?s shore, And to end their days in pain and misery, To be slaves so far from home;

Love burns in a young man's heart, He would give her the moon and the stars, And all the Treasures of the Pharaohs for a moment in her arms; To the Ball

Long years would be lost and over since the morning train, And the words that he called out to her, "I'll be back again! We will all be home for Christmas

Go, go where your heart believes, Your memories are waiting, Your dreams are on their way; Go, go to your destiny, You know I will be with you every

We were talking about how all the years go by, People and places and the march of time, Only memories can take us back there again; Like the day on the