By: Jimmy Buffett 

1977 

Now what would they do if I just sailed away 

Who the hell really compelled me to leave today 

Runnin' low on stories of what made it a ball 

What would they do if I made no landfall 



I lived half my life in an eight by five room 

Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom 

It's not close quarters that would make me snap 

It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap 



Chorus: 

Sail away, for a month at a time 

Sail away, I've got to restart my mind 

And you'll find me back at it again 



Oh, I love the smell of fresh snapper fried light 

What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night 

The mid-morning watch is the best time to look 

Oh, what would they do if I wrote the big book 



'Cause I've seen incredible things in my years 

Some days were laughter and others were tears 

If I had it all to do over again 

I'd just get myself drunk and I'd jump right back in 



Chorus: 

Sail away, that's the way I survive 

Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive 

It just makes my whole life come alive 



The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night 

Crazy crowds boogie to the sounds and the lights 

Bums down in Capo's he's just havin' a ball 

What would he do on another landfall 

What would they do if I made no landfall 

Oh, what would they do if I flew to Nepal 

What would I do if I met Lucille Ball 

I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all 

Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all