Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Sting Rob Mathes
[Young Meg]
August winds are turning
The fishing boats set out upon the sea
[Young Meg & Meg]
I watch 'til they sail out of sight
The winter follows soon
I watch them drawn into the night
Beneath the August moon
[Meg]
No one knows I come here
Some things I don't share
I can't explain the reason why
It moves me close to tears
Or something in the season's change
Will turn my head and find me wandering here
In my public moments
I hear the things I say but they're not me
Perhaps I'll know before I die
Admit that there's a reason why
I count the boats returning from the sea
I count the boats returning from the sea
There once was a boy who said he loved me
August winds are turning
The fishing boats set out upon the sea
[Young Meg & Meg]
I watch 'til they sail out of sight
The winter follows soon
I watch them drawn into the night
Beneath the August moon
[Meg]
No one knows I come here
Some things I don't share
I can't explain the reason why
It moves me close to tears
Or something in the season's change
Will turn my head and find me wandering here
In my public moments
I hear the things I say but they're not me
Perhaps I'll know before I die
Admit that there's a reason why
I count the boats returning from the sea
I count the boats returning from the sea
There once was a boy who said he loved me
more tracks from the album
The Last Ship (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- August Winds
- We’ve Got Now’t Else
- The Last Ship (Part One)
- When We Dance (Broadway Cast Version)
- So to Speak (Broadway Cast Version)
- It’s Not the Same Moon (Broadway Version)
- Underground River
- The Last Ship (Finale)
- Dead Man’s Boots (Broadway Version)
- Sail Away
- Ghost Story (Broadway Version)
- The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance
- What Say You Meg (Single Version)
- If You Ever See Me Talking to a Sailor
- What Say You Meg?
- Island of Souls (Broadway Version)
- All This Time (Broadway Version)
- Shipyard
- Show Some Respect (Broadway Version)
- Mrs. Dees’ Rant
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