Southern Cross

Got out of town on a boat, goin' to southern islands
 Sailing a reach before we're followin' the sea
 She was makin' for the trades on the outside
 And the downhill run to Papeete
 The wind on this heading lie the Marquesas
 We got 80 feet of the waterline, nicely making way
 In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you
 On a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
 Think about how many times I have fallen
 Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'
 What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
 I have been around the world
 Lookin' for that woman, girl
 Who knows love can endure?
 And you know it will
 And you know it will
 When you see the southern cross for the first time
 You understand now why you came this way
 The truth you might be runnin' from is so small
 But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day
 So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams might be dyin'
 And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
 I have my ship and all her flags are a-flyin'
 She's like a Godess that I have left, and Music is her name
 Think about how many times I have fallen
 Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'
 What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
 I have been around the world
 Lookin' for that woman, girl
 Who knows love can endure
 And you know it will
 I will get there
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 So we cheated and we lied, and we tested
 And we never failed to fail
 It was the easiest thing to do
 You will survive being bested
 Somebody fine will come along
 Make me forget about loving you
 In the southern cross
 In the southern cross
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 Steven Stills wrote that
 Thank you very much
 An anthem for all of us sailors
 Gonna quiet things down with just a very, very beautiful song
 That was actually written by our keyboard player James Raymond
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 I love singing this
 It called "Lay Me Down"
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