Ship in a Bottle

A young American sailor on a foreign shore

There to serve his country in time of war

Walks to the dock every morning and waits for the ships to come in

Wishin' he was the stamp on the letter he's mailing home

So he could soon be back in her arms again

Instead of feeling like a ship in a bottle

Tryin' to get out and sail away

Like a ship in a bottle

Tryin' to get out and sail away

And she was an entertainer back home in Alabama

Playing "Angel from Montgomery" in the Holiday Inns

From Mobile up to Birmingham

And the picture on her piano went with her every night to her room

And slept on the pillow beside her

While she lay awake thinkin' about her sailor

Nine months away across the waters in June

Feeling like a ship in a bottle

Tryin' to get out and sail away

Like a ship in a bottle

Tryin' to get out and sail away

(Sail away) Someday they're gonna be together

(Sail away) One day they won't be oceans apart

(Sail away) Every day seems like forever when you're in love

And not with your love

You ought to be with the one you love

A young American sailor home from the war

Lies on a blanket with his new bride

As the southern sun is sinking on the Gulf Coast shore

And sealed in an empty champagne bottle

A note containing both of their names

Is sent for a ride on the evening tide

And the note read

"The ship has gone and sailed away"