Back on the Farm by Strawbs Lyrics

I sailed with Miss Columbus for a trip across the sea
The horizon was behind me when I found that I was free
I smashed the glass I drank from, drove it deep into my arm
Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?

She put me on the periscope and told me she was lost
She said she was expensive, but I did not mind the cost
I said her deep-sea diver did not mean her any harm
Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?

I rang the bell of freedom
Drank from the well of plenty
The milk of human kindness
Was succour to my soul

I took her to the mast head
And showed her my conditions
She promised me the cargo
That she carried in her hold

The sails were set for sunrise when we found the wind had dropped
I tried to make the time up but the clock had somehow stopped
A fire broke out below the decks and I sounded the alarm
Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?
Now you might think it strange of me to write to you this way
For years I was a farmer, but I could not make it pay
Yet here I am a sailor and I feel a sense of calm
Tell me how do you feel, now you're back on the farm?