I booked a ship to sail away and catch my breath of air

To find my island in the sun and lose my troubles there

She laid her wake through deep and dark… I paced her deck alone

And then I tripped and fell… and slipped beneath the briny foam

I am a man gone overboard

And cast adrift at sea

So far from home and all alone

There's no one here but me

My life has flashed before my eyes… sheer nothingness I see

With stars above and sharks below… no one's in sight but me

The lonely shipboard light grows faint… she races toward the moon

I won't be missed until her list is checked in port at noon

I am a man gone overboard

And cast adrift at sea

So far from home and all alone

There's no one here but me

I've given up my struggle now… no fear of sinking down

I've come to understand that to let go is not to drown

To be alive is to survive… I've made this mental note

I must relax and just lay back and thereby learn to float

I am a man gone overboard

And cast adrift at sea

So far from home and all alone

There's no one here but me

The sun is riding high… I pray to guide my ship's return

There's water… water everywhere… yet still I parch and burn

Though growing stronger in my faith I wait my fateful sign

At last my ship's upon me and her Captain's thrown a line

I was a man gone overboard

And cast adrift at sea

Though turned and tossed… and nearly lost

I woke up… finding me!