let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore,
let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
da da, da da, da da, da da, da da
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
from Bissau to Palau - in the shade of Avalon,
from Fiji to Tiree and the Isles of Ebony,
from Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon,
from Bali to Cali - far beneath the Coral Sea.
da da, da da, da da, da da, da da
turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up, up adieu
turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up, up adieu
turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up, up adieu
sail away...
from the North to the South, Ebudæ into Khartoum,
from the deep sea of Clouds to the island of the moon,
carry me on the waves to the lands I've never been,
carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.
we can sail, we can sail, with the orinoco flow,
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
we can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel,
we can sigh, say goodbye Ross and his dependencies
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
we can reach, we can beach on the shores of Tripoli
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
from Bali to Cali - far beneath the Coral Sea
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
from Bissau to Palau - in the shade of Avalon
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
we can reach, we can beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
from Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon,
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away
we can sail, we can sail,
sail away, sail away, sail away...
Thanks to Wikipedia for this lovely list of Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention)
Orinoco River, Colombia & Venezuela; also the original name of the London studio where the song was recorded
Tripoli, Libya
Yellow Sea, Between Korea and China
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Palau, islands in Micronesia
Avalon, British Isles
Fiji, Fiji islands
Tiree, Scotland
Isles of Ebony, England
Cebu, Philippines
Babylon, Iraq
Bali, Indonesia
Cali, Colombia
Coral Sea, Australia
Ebudae (Inner Hebrides), Scotland; also the title of a later Enya song
Khartoum, Sudan
The Sea of Clouds, possibly Mount Huangshan, China
Ross Dependency, a part of Antarctica; also an in-song reference to Ross Cullum
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