I wish to go a sailing
Before I am too old;
Before the sun is overdone
and waters much too cold.

I wish to go a sailing,
Soaring with the wind;
With waters fair and salty air-
No patience running thin.

I wish to go a sailing
And reach that golden shore;
To leave the pain and all the strain
Of times so long before.

I wish to go a sailing
Just once before I die;
To face my fears throughout the years
and fade into the sky.