The Sea of Stone Words and music by Joe Ficklin © 2025-02-26G C D G Bhasan sailed his wooden ship / Into the Sea of Stones G C D G In search of fabled treasure / But all he found was bones D C G The rocky sea did tumble / Churn with grinding force G C D G His wooden ship all chewed up / With no clear path or course C D G C Do not sail the Sea of Stone / It swallows hopes and lives D C G A hundred ships may enter / But only one survives C D G C Across the whole wide ocean / With all the gold therein D C G Avoid the Sea of Stone, my love / A test you cannot win G C D G We set out from our native shore / With cargo settled low G C D G Headed for the Isle d'Prime / When winds began to blow D C G The sky went black, as did the sea / Our ship was tossed about G C D G The current caught and carried us / Far off our normal route REFRAIN G C D G At morning's light the clouds gave way / We heard the grating sound G C D G Upon the deck the crew came forth / And dreading what we found D C G No hint of sail or signal flag / We feared ourselves alone G C D G Surrounded by the floating rocks / Trapped in the Sea of Stone REFRAIN G C D G Black volcanic pumice stone / Some bigger than the ship G C D G Rising from the gentle waves / Their jagged edges rip D C G We hoisted sail and drifted east / Avoiding undue haste G C D G For travel through the Sea of Stones / Which nature never graced REFRAIN G C D G A week of slow and steady pace / With poles to clear the way G C D G A week of danger 'til the edge / Of breakers sullen spray D C G We passed from rock to ocean's heart / And thanks gave to the gods G C D G For we survived the Sea of Stones / The one-in-hundred odds REFRAIN