Ocean Station Bravo

歌詞

Ocean Station Bravo - North Atlantic Ocean Somewhere south of Greenland - somewhere far from home Nothing on the radar - nothing on the sonar Hove to and drifting on this ocean all alone She was the CGC Sebago - Ocean Station Vessel High Endurance Cutter, Number 42 Studying the weather - aids to navigation Plotting ships and aircraft as they come sailing through Just a speck upon the ocean - center of a circle Nothing but horizon - wind and sea and sky This whole world in motion - blowing from the Northeast Not a hint of sunshine, just the grey clouds running by Lookout calls the bridge-watch: "Objects in the water Moving Surface Contact - off the starboard bow" Plot 'em on the radar, fire up the sonar Listen for the echoes - Ah, can you hear them now? There's echoes in the headphones - whale-sound from the speakers Filling all the spaces inside C.I.C Songs of love and travel - songs of generations Echoes of the ages in cetacean harmony And me - I had to answer - I sang, I talked, I whistled Even played the mouth harp through the microphone They returned the favor with chirps and clicks and whistles Songs of celebration not so different from our own And when the watch was over - out onto the bridge wing You can see those sounding singers as they breach and sport and play Just a pod of humpbacks - farewell flukes a-waving A memory worth saving as we traveled on our way For we'd had a conversation with Leviathan that day Ocean Station Bravo - North Atlantic Ocean Somewhere south of Greenland - somewhere far from home Nothing on the radar - nothing on the sonar Hove to and drifting...