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My First Wife Was a Sailboat ©2025 Robert George

I still recall that sultry night you asked
How I promised you I didn’t have a past
But I know you wonder what I’m thinkin’ of
I confess it’s my first sweetheart, a long-lost love

That’s why I get a far-off look along the coast
As if my heart was a foggy harbor of ghosts

My first wife was a sailboat
And my dreams still keep her afloat
Laying with her on a bed of sea
Somewhere near Matecumbe Key
Through a thin midnight mist
Even the moon envied her kiss
I’m the only man that ever knew her
And I was always faithful to her
O My first wife was a sailboat

I still hide a picture of us in my soul
Sharing salty blue champagne near Mussel Shoals
With the dolphins and the songs of seagulls’ wings
My hand wore that wheel like a wedding ring

Now an ocean breeze through old seashells
Calls my spirit back to somewhere else

My first wife was a sailboat
And my dreams still keep her afloat
Laying with her on a bed of sea
Somewhere near Matecumbe Key
Through a thin midnight mist
Even the moon envied her kiss
I’m the only man that ever knew her
And I was always faithful to her
O my first wife was a sailboat

That storm took the boat and pier
Leaving me with just a tide of tears
So, when we make love upon the shore
Forgive me if it’s her my heart reaches for

My first wife was a sailboat
And my dreams still keep her afloat
Laying with her on a bed of sea
Somewhere near Matecumbe Key
Through a thin midnight mist
Even the moon envied her kiss
I’m the only man that ever knew her
And I was always faithful to her
O my first wife was a sailboat

My first wife
My first wife was a sailboat

Mmmmm...the sea, a sailboat, love, sex on the beach..and a moon.

What more do you want?

Now I would not like to see a lyric about a youg equestrian in the errr same boat

looks good , but your going to talking to her in verses to talking to us in chorus. I would just talk to us thru whole song
I still recall that sultry night she asked, ect ect

Thanks, John.

Ben, the whole lyric is directed toward the singer's second wife.


ps...I wasn't able to get into the site for a few days. I e-mailed JPF but they didn't answer. it's becoming like that Star Trek episode The Tholian Web. If I "wink out", that's what happened.