Next time out to sea Bring enough soul to bury me For I don’t want my final jig In the belly of a squid Take my trousers take my shirt Just give me that sweet dirt For the water’s cold and grim And I never did learn to swim No her love never set me […]
Well I’ve drunk to drown, on every ocean I’ve been Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen’s land Well I drank with the Sultan, down the Suez Canal Cause Every Dog Has Its Day Like every woman, she gets her own way And if there’s a ship that sails tonight […]
Now I`m aimin’ for heavenBut probably wind up down in hellWhere upon this alter I will hang my guilt ridden headBut it`s time I`ll take before I beginThree sheets to the wind, Three sheets to the windRebels are we, though heavy our hearts shall always beAh, no ball or chain no prison shall keepWe`re the […]
Must it take a life for hatful eyesTo glisten once againFive hundred years like GeligniteHave blown us all to hellWhat savior rests while on his cross we dieHas the Shepard led his lambs astrayto the bigot and the gun Must it take a life for hateful eyesTo glisten once againCause we find ourselves in the […]
Well I worked on the railroad For t’pence a day Drank down one penny The other I’d save I hammered and I hammered For God knows how long Well into madness, with each setting sun I put my head down and I dreamt you were here With me by the ol’ tree, where no one […]
Her breath began to speak As she stood right in front of me The colour of her eyes Were the colour of insanity Crushed beneath her wave Like a ship, I could not reach her shore We’re all just dancers on the Devil’s Dance Floor Well swing a little more, little more o’er the merry-o […]
If I ever leave this world aliveI’ll thank for all the things you did in my lifeIf I ever leave this world aliveI’ll come back down and sit beside yourfeet tonightWherever I am you’ll always beMore than just a memoryIf I ever leave this world alive If I ever leave this world aliveI’ll take on […]
I’m goin’ back to Sentimental Johnny Cause Sentimental Johnny is your man Sunshine or rain, the man’s on his game The Chairman of the boards He said Jesus, he walks on water Not like us, he must have been sober Marching away, on top of his lake The Savior of all souls Leave me to […]