[Verse 1] The marina hums low around half past nine, Gold on the black water in a long broken line. I've got a cooler of ice and a chart I can't read, And a warm southern wind that keeps picking up speed. [Pre-Chorus] I don't know what's out there past the edge of the glow — But the halyard is singing and the tide wants to go. [Chorus] I'm bound for the distant shores, Where the harbor lights end and the deep water roars. No name for the landing, no light on the sea, Just a low steady hum that keeps calling to me. Call it running, call it faith, call it either-or — I'm gone. I'm gone for the distant shores. [Verse 2] She stood on the dock in a t-shirt gone thin, Salt on her shoulders, the sunburn setting in. She said, "You'll come back different — if you come back at all." I said, "That's kind of the point," and I let the lines fall. [Pre-Chorus] Then the diesel went quiet and the canvas caught the night, And the whole coast collapsed to a smear of white light. [Chorus] I'm bound for the distant shores, Where the harbor lights end and the deep water roars. No name for the landing, no light on the sea, Just a low steady hum that keeps calling to me. Call it running, call it faith, call it either-or — I'm gone. I'm gone for the distant shores. [Bridge] Somewhere past midnight the radio died — Nothing but static and a hard-shifting sky. I thought about turning. I swear that I did. Then the cloud line split on a strip of cold blue, And whatever that was, it was coming through. [Final Chorus] I'm bound for the distant shores, Where the harbor lights end and the deep water roars. Still no name for the landing, still no light on the sea — But somewhere out here I stopped needing to see. Call it running, call it faith, call it either-or — I'm gone. I'm gone for the distant shores. [Outro] Gold on the black water in a long broken line. I'm gone for the distant shores.
