Night arrives for starboard watch, the bosun settles in The moon so brightly shining down on its horizon twin Diamonds in the dark blue sky, silence of the wind The waves so gently rock the ship, and maties there within Sailors and captains They don't know a thing Of stormy days that lie ahead Privateers and buccaneers They don't know a thing Of the songs of the ocean Or why the big whales sing A whalesong sung in moonlit sea, a tearless cry for love It breaks the hearts of resting men alone in bunks above It tells a tale of long lost love, or lovers worlds apart In dreams the whales make sailors wish they never signed the chart Sailors and captains They don't know a thing Of stormy days that lie ahead Privateers and buccaneers They don't know a thing Of the songs of the ocean Or why the big whales sing Sailors and captains They don't know a thing Of stormy days that lie ahead Privateers and buccaneers They don't know a thing Of the songs of the ocean Or why the big whales sing