Out with the morning tide then back for my tea

What it was I left behind?

Squandered once scattered beliefs
Best clean the church from my cracked fingernail

On Grafton's Arcade pours the rich commerce rain
Give me a rusty ol' goat well trampled and soaked
'Till their belly's burst ignorance bliss
Is as far as their sorry eye sees
With a dance before the far finish line
What it was I left behind?
So when the waves come crashin' in
So no life long regrets, only well feathered steps
What it was I left behind?

Never they roam a wanderless home
But don't let me die still wondering

Until these ashes and blood mingle deep
I'll swim as the ocean swims
But don't let me die still wonderin'
So I'll do as I please like the well-tempered breeze
Until these shoes I can no longer shine
For the love I left behind
I want a race well run ahead of the gun
What it was I left behind?
So don't let me die still wondering
Though I've been that face before
But don't let me die still wondering

From God's golden plate begrudgers they eat
Blowin' which way I see fit
When they throw me on the potter's scrap heap
Heaven's to blame so on that I'll abstain
But don't let me die still wondering
Slammed every open door
'Cause the first time I won't rest easily
I'll gray with the clay seven days till the day

But take my advice, you'll have to bury me twice
Though the voices I no longer hear speak