…and buttoned it up For the worst, it had come true Sail away, sail away To a place where your troubles can't follow Sail away, sail away Save…
For the worst, it had come true Sail away, sail away To a place where your heart will not shame you Take my hand through this night without end…
For the worst, it has come to claim you Sail away, sail away To a place where no one can betray you Take my hand through this night without end For the worst, it has come to claim you…
…and buttoned it up For the worst, it had come true [Chorus] Sail away, sail away To a place where your troubles can't follow Sail away…
…sail away Save all your tears for tomorrow [Verse 2] Orphans of the city moved toward us And the swallows swooped…
…close For the worst, it had come true [Chorus] Sail away, sail away To a place where no one can betray you Take my hand through this night without end For the worst, it has come to claim you…

Do You Love Me? (1994), B-Sides and Rarities (2005), B-Sides & Rarities (Parts I & II) (2021)
…and buttoned it up For the worst it had come true Sail away, sail away To a place where your troubles can't follow Sail away, sail away Save…
…Sail away, sail away To a place where no one can betray you Take my hand, through this night without end For the worst it has come to claim you…
…[Intro] Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come…
…] Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around [Verse 2] Your…
…sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs…

The Good Son (2010 - Remaster) (2010), Live Seeds (1993)
…[Chorus] Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around…
…] Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around [Verse 2] Your…
…face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your…

The Good Son (2010 Remastered Version) (1990), The Good Son (2010 - Remaster) (2010), Live Seeds (1993)
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose…
…long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything, it comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around…
…the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges…
…[Verse 1] If I could sail a galleon ship Long lonely rider across the sky Seek out mysteries while you sleep And treasures money…
…would sail Ghostly around the morning sun [Bridge] (As the city rises up) (As the city rises up) (As the city rises up…

The Good Son (2010 Remastered Version) (1990), Live Seeds (1993), Lovely Creatures (The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) (1984 – 2014) (2017)
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose…
…long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me…
…the time is nigh When i must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We…

Tupelo (1985), B-Sides and Rarities (2005), MP3 Collection CD1 (2003)
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose…
…long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me…
…the time is nigh When i must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We…
…hard upon Don't stop and don't stop And don't let the veil drop (Another ship ready to sail, the rigging is tight Tight like…
…a shroud And let her sail on the sea like a stone Don't touch and don't touch And don't let the veil drop (Another ship ready to dock, the rigging comes loose Like Jennifer's veil)…
…the deep blue sea Upon the scattered stars set sail Fly to me through this love-lit night From one thousand miles away…
…a scrapbook stuck up with clag And a morbid lump of Love in his flags Done is the Missing, now all that remain Is to sail forever…
…sweatheart I will lay my life and sail across the sea A hundred a singing mermaids with their fingers full…

B-Sides and Rarities (2005), The Boatman's Call (2011 Remastered Version) (1997), Lovely Creatures (The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) (1984 – 2014) (2017)
…upon the scattered stars set sail Fly to me through this love-lit night from one thousand miles away And come into my sleep Come…
…a scrapbook stuck up with clag And a morbid lump of Love in his flags Done is the Missing, now all that remain Is to sail forever…