A letra:
It
has often been my dream
To live with one who wasn't there
Like
an ocean fish who swam upstream
Through nets, by hooks, and hungry
bears
When the water grew less deep
My
fins were aching from the strain
I'm swimming in my sleep
I
know I can't go back again
Got the will to love, the will to
love
I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love
Never lose
the will
It's like something from up above
I can be like a fire in the
night
Always warm and giving off light
But there comes a time
when I shine too bright
Oh, I'm just a fire in the night
And now my fins are in the air
And
my belly's scraping on the rocks
I still think someone really
cares
And I'll keep swimming 'til I stop
Got the will to love, the will to
love
I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love
Never lose
the will
It's like something from up above
I'm like a singer on the stage
With
the golden lights and liquid rage
Down from the mountains to the
sea
Cool running love keeps cleansing me
It keeps my gills from getting dry
But
it distorts things in my eyes
Sometimes I see what really isn't
there
Like my true lover, and I care
Got the will to love, the will to
love
I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love
Never lose
the will
It's like something from up above
Sometimes I ramble on and on
And I
repeat myself till all my friends are gone
And get lost in snow
and drown in rain
And never feel the same again
I remember the ocean from where I
came
Just one of millions all the same
But somewhere someone
calls my name
I'm a harpoon dodger, and I can't, won't be tamed
Got the will to love, the will to
love
I'll never lose it, never lose the will to love
Never lose
the will
It's like something from up above
Baby, if I see boredom in your
eyes
I'll know my river has run dry
But I won't turn back with
that lonely tide
I bought that ticket and I'll take that ride
If we meet along the way
Please sway
beside me, let us sway together
Our tails together and our fins
and mind
We'll leave this water and let our scales shine
In the
sun above and the sky below
So all the water and earth will know
It has often been my dream
To live
with one who wasn't there
A versão de Neil Young;
A versão dos Harvesters:
A versão de JJB Hendricks: