Blue girls come in every size   Some are wise and some otherwise   They got pretty blue eyes   For an hour a man may change   For an hour her face looks strange   Looks strange, looks strange      Marching to the promised land   Where the honey flows   And takes you by the hand   Pulls you down on your knees      While you're down a pool appears   The face in the water looks up   And she shakes her head as if to say   That it's the last time you'll look like today      Sail away, away   Ripples never come back   Gone to the other side   Sail away, away      The face that launched a thousand ships   Is sinking fast, that happens you know   The water gets below, seems not very long ago   Lovelier she was than any that I know      Angels never know it's time   To close the book   And gracefully decline   The song has found a tale      My, what a jealous pool is she   The face in the water looks up   She shakes her head as if to say   That the blue girls have all gone away      Sail away, away   Ripples never come back   They've gone to the other side      Look into the pool, ripples never come back   Dive to the bottom and go to the top   To see where they have gone   They've gone to the other side      Sail away, away   Ripples never come back   Gone to the other side      Look into the pool, the ripples never come back, come back   Dive to the bottom and go to the top   To see where they have gone   They've gone to the other side      Ripples never come back   Sail away, away   Sail away, away   Ripples never come back