To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean,
To ride on the crest of the wild raging storm.
To work in the service of life and the living,
In search of the answers to questions unknown.
To be part of the movement, and part of the growing,
Part of the beginning to understand.
Aye, Calypso, the places you’ve been to,
The things that you show us the stories you tell.
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well.
Ha dee er dee doo doo doo doo,
Ho do low doo da doo doo doo doo
Ha dee er dee dee dee dee doo doo,
Ho do low doo dee.
Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you,
To light up the darkness and show us the way.
For though we are strangers in your silent world,
To live on the land we must learn from the sea.
To be true as the tide and free as a wind-swell,
Joyful and loving in letting it be.
Aye, Calypso, the places you’ve been to,
The things that you show us the stories you tell.
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well.
Aye, Calypso, the places you’ve been to,
The things that you show us the stories you tell.
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well.
Ha dee er dee doo doo doo doo,
Ho do low doo da doo doo doo doo
Ha dee er dee dee dee dee doo doo,
Ho do low doo dee.
1975 – John Denver – Album: Windsong