[00:03.02]By kris kristofferson, bob neuwirth, roger mcguinn, seymour cassell
[00:15.04]The captain touched his swagger stick
[00:18.17]Up to his golden eye
[00:21.52]And boogied through the vestibule
[00:25.30]While bidding us goodbye
[00:29.19]The enemy surrounds us
[00:32.12]And our spirits almost gone
[00:36.18]The devil take the cavalry
[00:39.43]That sold us for a song
[00:54.89]There's chi-chi's on the starboard, lads
[00:58.35]And chi-chi's in the stern
[01:01.47]And hashish in the hookah pipes
[01:04.76]And bonny grass to burn
[01:07.96]Our mission is a secret
[01:11.07]But we're fool enough to try
[01:14.56]We'll sail the bloody ocean, boys
[01:17.44]Or drink the bastard dry
[01:33.20]"if i'd've been a carpenter," the swarthy
[01:37.62]Sergeant said
[01:40.45]"i'd never seen this ugly thing
[01:43.67]That hangs above my head
[01:47.23]The hell with all your heros
[01:50.37]And the wounds they hope to show
[01:53.84]I'm just a simple soldier, son
[01:57.52]With one more year to go"
[02:12.95]The albatross was tiring
[02:15.96]And the cook was in a stew
[02:19.50]The filthy little cabin boy
[02:22.49]Was whizzing in my shoe
[02:26.35]The captain's wife was aging
[02:29.24]And the first mate heard her scream
[02:32.54]When tommy slipped tabasco in the
[02:36.18]Captain's vaseline
[02:50.49]"our time will soon be gone," he said
[02:54.48]"it's all we've left to lose
[02:57.57]We've shot our ammunition
[03:00.69]And we're all but out of booze
[03:04.46]So here's to irma donegal
[03:08.09]Here's to nellie blye
[03:11.55]And here's to my old friend," he said
[03:14.83]And kissed his ass goodbye
[03:30.07]"give off! give off! you sorry lot.
[03:33.16]Give off!," the captain cried
[03:36.51]"we've lost our bloody anchor
[03:39.48]And we're driftin' with the tide
[03:43.22]The swollen surf is pounding
[03:46.78]Like a thousand cannons roar
[03:50.97]And i shake the hand of any man
[03:54.41]Who guides us into shore."
[04:09.57]"we're saved! we're saved!"
[04:11.35]The soldiers said
[04:12.92]"we're saved!," the sailors cried
[04:16.37]And soldiers climbed aboard
[04:19.09]While sailors left from either side
[04:23.16]Some swabbies hit the minefield and
[04:26.89]The rifles got the rest
[04:30.18]And somewhere there's a schooner
[04:33.26]Sinkin' slowly in the west
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