1. |
Boatman
03:02
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Don’t forget to pay the boatman now
He’ll see you through the mist
But if you don’t pay he’ll get his way
He’ll sink you to your depths
And down down down you’ll fall
To the arms of Davy Jones
Pay your fee, you salt creeper
Or boy it is the locker for you
-Chorus-
I don’t want to sink, no I don’t want to sink
I don’t want to sink to the depths
I don’t want to drink, no I don’t want to drink
I don’t want to drink with the dead
Oh no no no no no
Always tip the bar keep now
He’ll see you through the first
But if you don’t tip you take a sip
And what you taste might hurt, Yeah!
And out on out you’ll drift
Till the gulls they sing no more
Have your sense and pay your pence
Or you’ll be sinking to the sea floor.
Oh Johnny throw you in the ale locker now boy
Oh Johnny throw you in the ale locker
And sell you to the sunken captain boy
Oh Johnny throw you in the ale locker
Oh Johnny throw you in the ale locker now boy
Oh Johnny throw you in the ale locker
And sell you to the first ship sailing now boy
Oh Johnny throw you in the ale locker
-Chorus-
I don’t want to sink, no I don’t want to sink
I don’t want to sink to the depths
I don’t want to drink, no I don’t want to drink
I don’t want to drink with the dead
Oh no no no no no
Always cross St.Davids palms with silver
it might just keep the devil from your door
Whether it be king Duffer, Dupper or Davey
You need to pay your dues
Or you’ll be…… for.
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2. |
Creepy Crawlies
04:01
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The wolf, the wolf, the wolf is coming after you
Close you’re eyes,
cover your ears,
he won’t find us if you do
‘cause all your little memories,
they’ll fade into the one if you want glue
Put your pen to paper
You might find the kind of things that you can do
-Chorus-
He’ll creep into your bedroom while you sleep
He’ll tell you, you don’t know
how to keep your mind at bay
You don’t know how to keep, the creepy crawlies away
The wolf, the wolf, the wolf is coming after you
Snapping at your heals,
Whispering in your ears
He will find us, and he’ll do
All the things you hate about
And all the things you thought were out
It’s true
Put your pen to paper
You might find the kind of things that you can do
-Chorus-
He’ll creep into your bedroom while you sleep
He’ll tell you, you don’t know
how to keep your mind at bay
You don’t know how to say, it’s still summer, even when it’s raining
He’ll tell you how to keep, the creepy crawlies away, away
The wolf he needs no reasoning
No medicated offering
From youuuuu
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3. |
Klaus
03:59
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-Intro-
Ooooh Klaus, you’re as quiet as a mouse
Never seen a bigger man
Which such mild manners and
When you walk your Charlie way
Everybody they say hey
it’s Klaus and he’s coming your way
it’s Klaus and he’s coming your way
But not today
Top of the hill on a windy day
Bottom of a deep deep deep dark lane
You know it’s Klaus
Some say he walks twenty miles a day
You better watch out because he’ll make you pay
It’s your money or your house
Shines his lights down corridors,
Stamps his feet on the wooden boards,
You know hows coming and it’s Klaus.
- pre-chorus -
You’re quiet as a garden gnome,
Fast as a fox who found his way home
Klaus there is one thing you see
You’re too nice for job in security
Klaus there is one thing you see
You’re too nice for job in security, yeah
Ooooh Klaus, you’re as quiet as a mouse
Never seen a bigger man
Which such mild manners and
When you walk your Charlie way
Everybody they say hey
it’s Klaus and he’s coming your way
Not out, but he’s here to say
Be on your way
-solo-
Ooooh Klaus, you’re as quiet as a mouse
Never seen a bigger man
Which such mild manners and
When you walk your Charlie way
Everybody they say hey
it’s Klaus and he’s coming your way
Understands more than he will say
But not today
So alone you sit the night away
Studying through all hours till day
You know its Klaus
When all is silent, no disarray
No darken doors, no broken pains
You know who’s coming and its Klaus.
-pre-chorus-
You’re quiet as a garden gnome,
Fast as a fox who found his way home
Klaus there is one thing you see
You’re too nice for job in security
Klaus there is one thing you see
You’re too nice for job in security, yeah
-Chorus-
Ooooh Klaus, you’re as quiet as a mouse
Never seen a bigger man
Which such mild manners and
When you walk your Charlie way
Everybody they say hey
it’s Klaus and he’s coming your way
it’s Klaus and he’s coming your way
But not today
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4. |
Miss Auburn
04:29
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As I take a sip of my drink
I see your face and why you think
It’s been many years waiting
You think that makes it for the taking
Oh no you make it so much easier
To see, to see, to see
It’s not the way that you look back at me
It’s the sense and sign of your simplicity
You freeze it out and then you talk to me
You think that makes it so much easier
To see, to see, to see
-Chorus-
You know, we’re the same, the same,
And we don’t want to write it out again
Take it from me, you see,
all you gonna do is fight or flee
You’re Miss Auburn
So in a year, a week, a month or two
You’ll find the one you want and want me too
Bring it on back, bring it on back to you
You think that makes it so much easier,
To see, to see, to see
-Chorus-
You know, we’re the same, the same,
And we don’t want to write it out again
Take it from me, you see,
all you gonna do is fight or flee
You’re Miss Auburn
You’re Miss Auburn
You’re Miss Auburn
-Outro-
Take aim, take aim my lover
Take aim, take aim
Take aim, take aim my lover
Take aim, take aim
‘cause when I see you you’re my shadow
And when you see me I am a ghost
cause when I see you you’re my shadow
And when you see me I am a ghost
cause when I see you you’re my shadow
And when you see me I am a ghost
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5. |
Wooden Soul
04:12
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They say, you’ve got a wooden soul
And your heart is buried at the bottom of a locker
in a deep blue hole
From the moment you wake
to the minute you sleep
You feel so empty but you know
now
More than ever
They say, that you could walk a million miles
Before you touch the ground
Barefoot you’d sing and smile
Peering back through your looking glass
All I want is for you to find your own way through
But now now, more than ever
-Chorus-
It’ll all come out in the wash my friend always
It’ll all come out in the wash my friend someday
Turn your little light around and then we’ll say
The truth is in the shadows,
That’s were we’ll play
They say, you’ve got a wooden soul
The truth’s this if you don’t try you’ll ever ever ever know
Set your sights for the sun,
Tread the lonesome road through,
Now now
More than ever
-Chorus-
They say, you’ve got a wooden soul
And your heart is buried at the bottom of a locker
in a deep blue hole
From the moment you wake
to the minute you sleep
You feel so empty but you know
now
More than ever
-Chorus-
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6. |
Grandad Jack
05:30
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I don’t even know where this years gone
One moment 5 years old and then 31
Don’t even know where this years gone, gone gone
Some memories I forget and others well they stick
Some folks I’d like to forget, others, I just miss
Don’t know were they moved on, on
So tell me were has this year gone, gone, gone
-Chorus-
So pull up your rocking chair,
No time for sitting still
Burn your love affair
And set your sights,
Beyond the pale
Your sights beyond the pale
So grandad Jack said,
Son your doing fine,
You’re only young you know you got oh so much time
You can do anything you want
Find anyone you seek
And if you want to sing your song
Well sing your heart to me
don’t even know where this years gone, gone
Don’t even know were they moved on, on, on
I don’t even know where this years gone, gone
So tell me where has this year gone, gone, gone
-Chorus-
So pull up your rocking chair,
No time for sitting still
Burn your love affair
And set your sights,
Beyond the pale
Your sights beyond the pale
-Bridge-
‘cause if you want to go
You gotta take take it and run
Don’t play games with your cowardice
When all said and done
‘cause if you want to go
You gotta take take it and run
Don’t play games with your callousness
When all said and done
So here we are again,
Another year
It has it’s ups and downs
It’s dashed hopes and it’s fears
Now’s the time to take it,
Take it and run
Don’t even know where this years gone, gone, gone.
Don’t even know where they moved on, on
Don’t even know where this years gone, gone, gone.
Don’t even know where they moved on, on
So tell me where has this year gone, gone, gone
-Chorus-
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7. |
Annie
04:37
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The, the unknown, the unknown, unknown woman of the Seine
Washed away, hopes and dreams and what to gain
The feeling is, such a sorry tale to follow
A sadness such, a bitter pill to swallow
When they pulled her from the river
No signs of pain, no struggle no strive
A young girl, of no other someones sister, daughter, lover
Don’t know her name, but they said suicide
Twisted suicides to blame
We call the coroner, call the locum, call the judge
Who is that girl, whose face the long to read and such
A strange half smile,
No feeling of regret or hurt
For what she’s seen, what she thought and what she learned
-Chorus-
Oh Annie in your body bag
What an after life you’ve had
Girl from beyond the grave
Think of all the life you’ve saved
But stranger, than this
Stranger than this,
Stranger than this
Is you’re the most kissed
Deep down in the morgue, they cast her face
Entranced by the look she gave
And how she seemed to smile right through you
Her look adorned, a’many walls became a centre piece
A lost girl for your entertainment
-Chorus-
Oh Annie in your body bag
What an after life you’ve had
Girl from beyond the grave
Think of all the life you’ve saved
But stranger, than this
Stranger than this,
Stranger than this
Is you’re the most kissed
Asmund, he picked up her face and saw
The completion he’d been dreaming of
He’d call her Annie,
She’d be a star
He took a mask, and made a model of her smile
We still see Annie
In the dark of the night, when we close our eyes
We still see Annie
Through the folds of time when we say good night
We still see Annie
Through water deep till we hit our sleep
We still see Annie
Her internal kiss good night
-Chorus-
Oh Annie in your body bag
What an after life you’ve had
Girl from beyond the grave
Think of all the life you’ve saved
But stranger, than this
Stranger than this,
Stranger than this
Is you’re the most kissed
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8. |
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Want to hear a tale about Günther Krech,
Praying on our ships in the Irish Sea
Called himself a deadly pirate how
Seemed a little light on his luck now, captain
Hush now, captain
Hunting our ships so we can’t eat
On U-B85,
To the depths, to the depths you dive
But every time, you missed the fleet
Oh captain
-pre-chorus-
At least you kept your cockles warm
Captain Krech
Then one dark mysterious night,
Shot a pale and misty light
Target acquired and set for deep
But the water came rushing in
The boat shook side to side and then
The creature unleashed its grin
She had deep green dinner plate eyes
And tentacles three feet wide
But still the crew they thought the beast
They wrestled for life and limb
And when the creatures eyes grew dim
Günther rose to tell his tale
Oh captain
-Chorus-
At least you kept your cockles warm
For there is nor call for a captain
With cold feet
And if you can’t the heat
Blame it on the kraken,
Blame it on the sea hag serpent man
Blame it on the un-dime
The kelpie, leviathan
Blame it on the sea hag serpent man
Blame it on the un-dime
The kelpie, leviathan
Waoh, Günther Krech
You spin a yarn, that’s better than truth
For of course there was no beast
No fight, no U-boat feast
Instead ajar, you left the hatch
Then the water came rushing in,
He boat shook side to side and then,
Günther rose to tell his tale
Oh captain
-Chorus-
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9. |
Sailor's Lament
03:31
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Keep on smiling, like we did way back when we
used to have no cares at all
For my darling,
This isolation we’re in will pass, will fold
Just keep a weather eye on,
Won’t be long,
Sailing home,
To see our loved ones dear,
Keep your head above the water and remember,
What was once, will be again.
And should you falter, I will be there to remind ya
Soon will come the day my friend
Just keep a weather eye on,
Won’t be long,
Sailing home,
To see our loved ones dear,
-Chorus-
Take time, take stock, in this weather
One day, you know we’ll be together
Look to the east and never
Forget all hope that we’ll be ever
Sipping beer by the river
Take time, take stock, in this weather
One day, you know we’ll be together
Look to the east and never
Forget all hope that we’ll be ever
Sipping beer by the river
Keep on smiling, like we did way back when we
used to have no cares at all
For my darling,
This isolation we’re in will pass, will fold
Just keep a weather eye on,
Won’t be long,
Sailing home,
To see our loved ones dear,
-Chorus-
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10. |
Belarus
03:53
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-Intro-
It’s often I find myself drinking along,
By choice I should add,
‘cause I don’t want to go home
It’s that time of the night
Inhibitions are low,
You’ve loosened your lips and you go with the flow
But it’s the people I meet, from places far and wide
The stories they tell ya,
The things they confide
Oh it’s now in this hour
The crazy ship sails
Pour us a drink, and unravel your tales
I met a man from Belarus
He said you want to know the truth?
I am a sailor on the run, it’s hard but I get to see the world
You don’t know how good you’ve got it, you got money in your pocket
You don’t live your life in fear,
Your home your life is hear, near
-Chorus-
Oh the crazy ship, this wrecked and gin soaked trip
It’s gone and sailed, sailed
This sunken, drunken boat
Will not much longer float,
But still we drown ourselves until the final call
Two rings of the bell
Once more do they yell,
For time
I saw a guy with such a passion,
He doesn’t care for cotton or lace
He get’s his kicks outa the fashion
Oh rubber puts a smile upon his face
And a lad who’s passion through
From New Zealand Timaru
He said he lives on borrowed time,
but he’s never felt so alive
-Chorus-
-Bridge-
Now raise a glass, to lost friends
Raise your last, and make amends
For this crazy ship
It’s gonna end
Have no regret, make no repent
For alone, we falter
Together we’re crew
I met a man from Belarus,
And once we laid down all our truths
Down a sip of moonshine vodka
Said cheers, Za Zdravje
For tomorrow we leave port
And this whole ships falters one
Nice to meet you, what’s your name
From afar,
Oh it’s John
-Chorus-
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