Brandy
Late Night Television Lyrics

There's a port on a western bay
There exists a port situated in the west coast of some bay

And it serves a hundred ships a day
The port satisfies the needs of 100 ships on a daily basis

Lonely sailors pass the time away
The sailors who spend long hours at the dock pass their leisure time in loneliness

And talk about their homes
They happen to share stories and fond memories of their houses with each other

And there's a girl in this harbor town
In this harbor town, there is a girl who catches attention

And she works layin' whiskey down
She works as a bartender, serving the patrons with whiskey

They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
The customers refer to her and command her to serve them another round of drinks

She serves them whiskey and wine
As a bartender, her key responsibility is to serve the drinkers with whiskey and wine

The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
The sailors admire her and address her as a fine, attractive girl

"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
They indirectly suggest that if she were to marry any one of them, she would make a good wife

"Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
The sailors believe that the attractiveness of her eyes could even snatch away a sailor from the sea

Brandy wears a braided chain
The girl Brandy adorns a braided chain around her neck

Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
The chain is made up of high-quality silver material imported from a northern region of Spain

A locket that bears the name
Brandy keeps a lock of hair in a locket that clearly displays a man's name

Of the man that Brandy loves
The name belongs to the person towards whom Brandy holds affection for

He came on a summer's day
At some time during the summer season, he came down to her location

Bringin' gifts from far away
The man carried and gifted her items that he acquired from a far-off place

But he made it clear he couldn't stay
He expressed his inability to stay back for an extended period of time

No harbor was his home
The man does not have any permanent place of residence, not even in a harbor

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
Brandy used to pay close attention and keep an eye on his face

When he told his sailor stories
The man would narrate his stories about being a sailor to Brandy

She could feel the ocean foam rise
Brandy could nearly experience the sight of foam rising from the ocean as the stories were told by the man

She saw its ragin' glory
As the man would narrate his stories, Brandy would picture and observe the pure beauty of oceans in all its glory

But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
The man always chose to speak the truth and has built his life on honesty and uprightness

And Brandy does her best to understand
Brandy tries her best to comprehend the man's incompleteness and dealing with his sailor life

At night when the bars close down
Once the bars shut down for the night

Brandy walks through a silent town
Brandy takes a walk through the town which goes quiet after the bars close down

And loves a man who's not around
She loves the man who is absent at present

She still can hear him say
She still remembers and hears his voice saying

"Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
The man would often compliment her by saying she is a finer woman than most

"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
He would suggest that Brandy would be an ideal wife to him if he were to settle down

"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
However, he would always prioritize and choose the sea over Brandy, as it is his life, lover, and lady.