Castaways

Castaways - Kris Kristofferson

One day as I was sailing on the caribbean sea

I spied a little fishing vessel

Drifting aimlessly

Her sails were torn and tattered

And her wheel was spinning free

I told myself that little boat

Sure looks a lot like me

As I pulled along beside her and

I climbed upon her deck

In the silence I could feel

The hair a rising on my neck

I thought as I walked through

The empty quarters down below

That lost abandoned vessel was

The sister of my soul

'Cause like a ship without a rudder

I'm just drifting with the tide

Each day I'm drawing closer to the brink

Just a speck upon the waters

Of an ocean deep and wide

I won't even make a ripple when I sink

In the emptiness my footsteps

Were like echoes in a cave

That seemed to say there ain't

No way to leave this floating grave

When I scrambled to the deck

My ship had vanished like a dream

Leaving nothing but the lonely waves to hear my silent

Scream

'Cause like a ship without a rudder

I'm just drifting with the tide

Each day I'm drawing closer to the brink

Just a speck upon the waters

Of an ocean deep and wide

I won't even make a ripple when I sink