background vocals by Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls)

i am the navigator of the seas

i built the ocean from my tears

i go whichever way the wind might blow

i've been drifting for what seems a hundred years

tragically not knowing i could steer

the waves feel like a love i thought i knew

i hold my breath while we ascend

and love is nothing but a memory now

like the port of every place i've ever been

and the sails feel like my only friend

i've been looking for a special place

just for me and no one else

and if you want me you can find me

i'll be crossing the atlantic without charts

i'm the ferdinand magellan of these parts

i'm just following my compass

following my compass in the dark

the wind is with me under coral skies

and in my wake i leave behind

a trail of others who will never seek

and because they never seek, they never find

and they argue that it's all a waste of time

today marks twenty years of endless seas

and true i'm weathered from her storms

my sails are ragged but my sights are set

on the comfort of a more forgiving shore

and a life that's more worth living for

i've been looking for a special place

just for me and no one else

and if you want me you can find me

i'll be crossing the atlantic without charts

i'm the ferdinand magellan of these parts

i'm just following my compass

following my compass in the dark

i've been looking for a special place

just for me and no one else

and if you want me you can find me

i'll be crossing the atlantic without charts

i'm the ferdinand magellan of these parts

i'm just acting on a hunch i'm

following my compass in the dark