Down runs a boy past the steps of the castle
Down to the dock where his dad works the day
Down runs a girl past the guards with their tassels
Out to a ship were they both sail away

Out goes the ship past the cliffs of the harbor
Down 'round the cape and then straight out to sea
A dockworkers son and the king's only daughter
Hundreds of miles from where they should be

Spirits of the sea, watch over the boy
Watchover the girl and her love
Spirits of the sea, won't you find them a home
The place that they've been dreaming of

Out flies the ship through the Strait of Gibraltar
'Cross the Atlantic to Chesapeake Bay
Sail down the coast to the clear, warmer waters
To the Bahamas where sea turtles play

Here on an island they founded a family
Both of them happy as sailors can be
A husband, a wife, three good sons and a daughter
Living their lives on a tropical key

The spirits of the sea, watched over their love
It found them a family and home
The sons all found wives, the girl sailed away
And left her sweet parents alone

Decades go by on the shores of the island
Years may go by but the love's still the same
Dockworkers son and the kings only daughter
Passing away in a loving embrace

Now they're spirits of the sea, watching over the waves
Watch over the green and the blue
They're spirits of the sea, and I'll be one too
Whenever these dreams do come true