Farewell Sail

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

July 2012

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna build me a sailboat

  When the sun comes up I'll be afloat

Will sail down the river to Mobile Bay

  Gonna sail to the little island far away

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the River tonight

Gonna sail down around the "Keys"

  Gonna feel that warm Caribbean breeze

I'll wave at Cuber on the right

  Heading east in the beautiful moonlight

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna go where the ghosts of pirates roam

  Where the secrets of the Triangle are known

Where the falling stars fall

  And the stairway of moonbeams is open to all

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna go where the rainbows always end

  Where the moon shines bright every night

Where fireflies are forever bright

  And snow on the mountaintops is a beautiful sight

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna sail in the stars' light

  Heading to that little island in the night

Gonna get to the little island about midnight

  Sail up the little river out of sight

Gonna take my sailboat apart under the moonlight

  I won't need it any more

I have truly seen the light

  I'm in the promised land tonight