When I was a young boy I wanted to sail 'round the world

That's the life for me, living on the sea

Spirit of a sailor circumnavigates the globe

The lust of a pioneer will acknowledge no frontier



I remember you by thunderclap in the sky

Lightning flash, tempers flare, 'round the horn if you dare

I just spent six months in a leaky boat

Lucky just to keep afloat



Aotearoa, rugged individual glisten like a pearl

At the bottom of the world

The tyrany of distance didn't stop the cavalier

So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free



Ah come on all you lads, let's forget and forgive

There's a world to explore

Tales to tell back on shore

I just spent six months in a leaky boat

Six months in a leaky boat



Shipwrecked love can be cruel

Don't be fooled by her kind

There's a wind in my sails, will protect and prevail

I just spent six months in a leaky boat

Nothing to leaky boat