This song is by Howard Livingston & Mile Marker 24, a local group we heard about while in the Keys one winter. Some people have no idea how true these lyrics are...but if you're a cruiser, liveaboard, lover of boats or someone that enjoys the simpler way of life, you'll be able to relate to this song. Stan and I truly do and it's something that's hard to explain to land based friends. "Once those sails catch the wind, you can’t turn and go back again. It’s going to set you free and you can’t go back to who you use to be."
This Boat
I knew it would happen sooner or later.
I circled the number in the Sunday paper
For that old sailboat I’d been thinking about.
Chicago winters had worn be thin.
I needed some sunshine on my skin,
So I caught the next flight heading south.
The old man handed me the keys from his weathered hand,
But he said there’s something you need to understand.
Son this boat is going to change your life,
I’m not saying it’s wrong, I’m not saying it’s right
You just need to know where you’re about to go.
Once those sails catch the wind
You can’t turn and go back again.
It’s going to set you free
And you can’t go back to who you use to be.
I slept out on the boat that night.
Sunrise never seemed so bright.
The words the old man said,
I just couldn’t get out of my head.
Son this boat is going to change your life.
I’m not saying it’s wrong, I’m not saying it’s right
You just need to know where you’re about to go.
Once those sails catch the wind
You can’t turn and go back again.
It’s going to set you free
And you can’t go back to who you use to be.
That was when I was a young man.
Now you’ll find me on an island.
I’ve got a different point of view,
And some how the old man knew.
That once those sails catch the wind.
You can’t turn and go back again.
It’s going to set you free,
And you can’t go back to who you use to be.
Texas Pearl
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