Northbound Stowaway - Adrian Crowley

Day one, I stole onboard a northbound ship

No one saw me or my shadow

On the gang plank

For that I am thankful

I am thankful

I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound stow-oh-oh-away

Day two, I kept myself well hidden

In my hiding place

Under the calico

And it’s drowsy work

When you’re staying invisible

So I drifted off and we put out to sea

I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound stow-oh-oh-away

And we crossed strange meridians

In the light from the wheel house

With a trail of phosphorescence

Day three, I was hungry and thirsty

For it’s hungry and thirsty work

When you’re staying invisible

When you’re staying invisible

So I licked the salt and drank the rain

And drank the rain and licked the salt again

Again

I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound stow-oh-oh-away

Day seventeen, sustained by a dream

And I’m still the hidden cargo

That’s remained unseen

Thankfully thankful

I am thankfully thankful

I am thankfully

Thankful

Day Thirty Seven, I discover a seed

Hidden in the sole of my boot

It’s been there all along

So I break the seed in three

The first piece is my breakfast

The second I take for my supper

And the third

Is my midnight feast

I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound

Oh oh oh I’m a northbound stow-oh-oh-away

And the rain gets sweeter (The higher we go)

And the salt turns to sugar (The higher we go)

And the rain gets sweeter (The higher we go)

And the salt turns to sugar (The higher we go)

And the rain gets sweeter (The higher we go)

And the salt turns to sugar (The higher we go)

And the rain gets sweeter (The higher we go)

And the salt turns to sugar (The higher we go)

And the rain gets sweeter (The higher we go)

And the salt turns to sugar (The higher we go)

And the rain gets sweeter (The higher we go)

And the salt turns to sugar (The higher we go)