Brandy

by Elliot Lurie

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There's a port on a western bay and it serves a hundred ships a day
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Lonely sailors pass the time away and talk about their homes
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There's a girl in the harbor town and she works laying whiskey down
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They say "Brandy, fetch another round"; she serves them whiskey and wine

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    The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine girl
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    What a good wife you would be
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    Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea

Brandy wears a braided chain made of finest silver from the north of Spain
A locket that bears the name of the man that Brandy loves
He came on a summer's day bringing gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay: no harbor was his home

    The sailor said Brandy, you're a fine girl
    What a good wife you would be
    But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea

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        Brandy used to watch his eyes when he told his sailor's story
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        She could feel the ocean fall and rise, she saw its raging glory
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        But he had always told the truth, Lord he was an honest man
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        And Brandy does her best to understand

At night when the bars close down Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around - she still can hear him say

    She hears him say Brandy, you're a fine girl
    What a good wife you would be
    But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea