Storm Front

Album: Storm Front (1989)
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  • Safe at harbor, everything is easy
    Off to starboard, daylight comes up fast
    Now I'm restless for the open water
    Red flags are flying fromhe Coast Guard mast
    They told me to stay, I heard all the information
    I motored away and steered straight ahead
    Though the weatherman said

    CHORUS
    There's a storm front coming (mood indigo)
    White water running and the pressure is low
    Storm front coming (mood indigo)
    Small craft warning on the radio

    I've been sailing a long time on this ocean
    Man gets lonesome, all those years at sea
    I've got a woman, my life should be easy
    Most men hunger for the life I lead
    The morning was gray, but I had the motivation
    I drifted away and ran into more
    Heavy weather off shore

    CHORUS

    We've got a low pressure system and a northeast breeze
    We've got a falling barometer and rising seas
    We've got the cumulonimbus and a possible gale
    We've got a force nine blowing on the Beaufort scale

    I'm still restless for the open water
    Though she gives me everything I need
    She asked me to stay, but I'd done my navigation
    I drove her away, but I should have known
    To stay tied up at home

    CHORUS
    Writer/s: BILLY JOEL
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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