Ship In A Bottle-Amanda McBroom

[ti:Ship In A Bottle] [ar:Amanda McBroom] [al:Portraits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ship In A Bottle - Amanda McBroom [00:07.65]Sometimes I feel like a ship in a bottle [00:14.77]Lost in a corner on somebody's shelf [00:21.97]Shipshape and unborn and perfect and useless [00:28.85]A copy of someone who could be myslef [00:35.92]Somebody made me they put me together [00:42.98]With patience and loving and pieces of string [00:50.11]Caught on a crepe-papier ocean and never [00:57.16]To feel the waves wash me or hear the wind sing [01:04.04]And I wait for the heart of a little boy sailor [01:11.48]To come break the bottle and help me be free [01:18.54]Cause how can I know if I'm floating or sinking [01:25.42]If I don't take my chances on the wind and the sea [01:36.17] [01:38.42]Carry me down to a river that's peaceful [01:43.80]Set me to sailing and wish me God speech [01:52.04]And I'll find my way to the blue of the ocean [01:59.23]The wind on the water is all that I need [02:06.42]And a man with the heart of a little boy sailor [02:13.29]To shift with the tide and come sailing with me [02:20.55]And then I will know if I'm floating or sinking [02:27.73]And I'll take my chances on the wind and the sea