The Captain and Me

Deep as a river, wide as the sea

Changing the ways of a captain and me

I could be happy, Lord, so then should he

If all of the universe unveiled itself to me

So then a day flows into night

Down the street the beggar man who finds himself in wine

If I am a good man and sure in all my ways

The captain of a starship that's homeward bound today

Growing, growing, changing every day

Knowing, showing all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day

A whisper, an answer, a cry in the night

Break down, turn around, a feeling of fright

The Indian, the Black man, the Asian who see

A door that is opening, and they're going to be free

Growing, growing, changing every day

Knowing, showing all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day

We are all acceptable

We are all a place in time

Moving through a passageway

Bringing forth the end of time

Growing, growing, changing every day

Knowing, showing all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day

Light the fire, start the day

Mark the light that shows the way

Changing times of fortunes past

We will all be free at last

We are the people of the roundabout

We are the sails upon the sea

We're gonna be there when everybody laughs about

The way that we are changing, you and me, yeah

We are the people of the roundabout

We are the sails upon the sea

We're gonna be there when everybody laughs about

The way that we are changing, you and me

We are the people of the roundabout

We are the sails upon the sea