Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

"One of Earth's greatest musical compositions, perhaps the greatest."
-- quote from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"
written and sung by Elliot Lurie (b. 1948) (with his band "Looking Glass")
Click HERE for his #1 hit recording on YouTube.

There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine

    The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl,
    What a good wife you would be.
    Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea."

Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves

He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home

    The sailor said "Brandy, you're a fine girl,
    What a good wife you would be,
    But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor story
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, Lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand

At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say

    She hears him say "Brandy, you're a fine girl,
    What a good wife you would be,
    But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."