We built this ship We built it to take on an ocean, to soar through waves, to find new shores We were cutting down trees, laughing in the sun, bathing in the rain We built this ship, dancing to the sound of chisels and hammers, dreaming in the smell of fresh cut wood We built and built, thinning the forest and building in the newly opened land The sun were shining through the trees, heating up our new houses We danced on the hot ground, we drank through the cool night And now I am stranded, alone The night is cold, the sun burns on my skin The trees have gone, my people with them Sand between my teeth, I scramble for the sails to catch the dry wind That only starts to bury my ship in waves of sand There is no more to take Now, I walk with what I have