The Lady from Shanghai 2 Lyrics – The Mountain Goats

Read the complete The Lady from Shanghai 2 Lyrics by The Mountain Goats along with song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy The Mountain Goats’s music, you can also explore Through This Fire and Peru, two other songs by The Mountain Goats.

When I was a young man I
Sank into the shadows where the edge begins to blur
And when I was a young man I
Sought out the places where the shadows were
And then luck found me
Out on the open sea

Hoisting up the main sail high
Emblem of the mirror in the stitching on the ocean breeze
Nibbles in the nets all night
Kings up in their castles not arrayed like these
Out there where the dreams come from
When will my moment come?

Everything that sinks will float
Everything that sinks will float
We went down to the boat

When we built the fire, I knew:
When the smoke settled it would come down to us two
Just a lucky guess, you know
Show me the places where lucky guesses go
But when I was a young man I, I
I sought out the sky

Everything that sinks will float
Everything that sinks will float