My name's Donald Crowhurst, I'm alive and well I lost radio signal in Pacific swells Seen 30 foot of waves, blew well I saw the end of the world open up its sails Got lost in the summer of 69 I led you all to believe that I was doing fine This isn't the way I wanted it to end Oh, and I see the globe in gold, vivid rays What have I got myself into? Why'd it turn out this way? I hedged my bets on something bigger to climb The Everest of waves I knew exactly what I wanted to find And I fear I've been deceived It wasn't in the plan to lie to you all But become the first king of the sea My name's Donald Crowhurst, I'm alive and well I lost radio signal in Pacific swells I've seen 30 foot of waves, blew well I saw the end of the world open up its sails I got lost in the summer of 69 I led you all to believe that I was doing fine This isn't the way I wanted it to end Oh, and I see the globe in gold, vivid rays I might have lost count But 243 days have found That I've been aimlessly drifting apart From where should I be and where did I start? And why did this end? How is this real? Why is this happening to me? I didn't get your RSVP When I crowned myself the first king of the sea My name's Donald Crowhurst, this might be it I never even left the Atlantic I've been lying for months, I've been struggling to cope I saw the end of the world and I think I broke I got lost in the summer of 69 I led you all to believe that I was doing fine This isn't the way I wanted it to end Oh, and I see the globe in gold, vivid rays Oh, and I see the globe in gold, vivid rays Thank you for watching!