there’s a port on a western bay
and it serves a hundred ships a day
lonely sailors pass the time away
and talk about their homes
and there’s a girl in this harbor town
and she works layin’ whiskey down
they say brandy fetch another round
she serves them whiskey and wine
the sailors say brandy you’re a fine girl
you’re a fine girl
what a good wife you would be
such a fine girl
yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea
brandy wears a braided chain
made of finest silver from the north of spain
a locket that bears the name
of a man that brandy loved
4
he came on a summer’s day
bringing gifts from far away
but he made it clear he couldn’t stay
no harbor was his home
the sailor said brandy you’re a fine girl
you’re a fine girl
what a good wife you would be
such a fine girl
but my life my love and my lady is the sea
yeah brandy used to watch his eyes
when he told his sailor’s story
she could feel the ocean fall and rise
she saw its raging glory
but he had always told the truth
lord he was an honest man
and brandy does her best to understand
5
at night when the bars close down
brandy walks through a silent town
and loves a man who’s not around
she still can hear him say
she hears him say brandy you’re a fine girl
you’re a fine girl
what a good wife you would be
such a fine girl
but my life my love and my lady is the sea
it is yes it is
brandy you’re a fine girl
you’re a fine girl
what a good wife you would be
such a fine girl
but my life my love and my lady is the sea
it is it is yes it is
Artist: Looking Glass
Year: 1972
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 164