[Verse 1]
We caught the wind off Madeira
Morning warm
The water clearer
White sails pulling against the blue
And not a cloud for miles in view
Coffee steaming in an old tin cup
The whole wide morning opening up
You laughed when spray came over the side
And said,
“Now this is how to be alive”
[Verse 2]
Flying fish broke through the foam
We were a thousand miles from home
The compass pointed where it pleased
We followed sunlight
Followed breeze
No ringing phones
No clock to mind
We left that sort of world behind
And every mile beneath that sun
Felt less like leaving
More like we’d begun
[Chorus]
Sailing to paradise
Following the sun
Leaving all the clocks behind
And answering to none
Let tomorrow find us
Somewhere down the line
Today the wind is with us
And your hand is holding mine
[Verse 3]
We found an island late one day
Green hills rising from the bay
Lanterns flickered by the shore
Music drifted through an open door
Bare feet dancing on the sand
Warm night settling on the land
I thought, perhaps
This must be true
Paradise looks
A little like you
[Verse 4]
Years ago I thought I’d find
Some perfect place I’d left behind
A beach untouched
A secret shore
Somewhere nobody’d been before
But paradise was never land
Or palms
Or footprints in the sand
It crossed an ocean by my side
And laughed each time
We caught the tide
[Final Chorus]
Sailing to paradise
Following the sun
Maybe we’d already found it
Before we’d begun
No map could show us
No stars could define
The place I’d sailed a lifetime for…
Was your hand
Holding mine.
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty