From the recording It's About Time
Lyrics
One Port Ahead of the Storm
On the deck of a steamer
Headed west in the South China Sea
It’s the life of a dreamer
But there’s no place that he’d rather be
Spent a month in Jamaica
He decided to leave just in time
Bet it all on a bad hand
At this moment he don’t have a dime
Don’t have a dime
But he’s playing straight to his form
Sailing away – staying one port ahead of the storm
Took a job on a freighter
Paid a thousand and all he could eat
Headed for the equator
Where a day can feel like a week
Met a lady in Cape Town
She stayed with him for eight days and nights
Now he scans the horizon
But a landfall is nowhere in sight
Nowhere in sight
But that’s nothing out of the norm
Sailing away, staying’ one port ahead of the storm
Needing only his own counsel
Living life from day to day
Always following the trade winds
Knowing he can never stay
Worked a cargo of tourists
On a high-rigger fantasy ship
And it caused him to think back
To the day he decided to skip
Left his job in the city
Left his house and his car and his wife
On that cold Yankee morning
He decided to start a new life
Start a new life
Start a new life
Now he spends his days where it’s warm
Sailing away – staying one port ahead of the storm