A Salty Dog Lyrics

(fisher / reid)I sat me down to write a simple storyWhich maybe in the end became a songIn trying to find the words which might begin itI found these were the thoughts I brought al...Read Full Lyrics

This war we are waging is already lostThe cause for the fighting has long been a ghostMalice and habit have now won the dayThe honours we fought for are lost in the frayStandards a...Read Full Lyrics

"All hands on deck, we"ve run afloat" I heard the captain cry"Explore the ship, replace the cook, let no one leave alive!"Across the straits, around the Horn, how far can sailors f...Read Full Lyrics

Some say they will and some say they won't Some say they do and some say they don't Some say they shall and some say they shan't And some say they can and some say they can't All i...Read Full Lyrics

Still scowling black Good Captain Clack Must eat his humble pie His bed is made The colors fade His eyes once wet are dry The naked muse Who sits and chews Tobacco off a tree Remov...Read Full Lyrics

For you (whose eyes were opened wide whilst mine refused to see) I'm sore in need of saving grace. Be kind and humor me I'm lost amidst a sea of wheat Where people speak but seldom...Read Full Lyrics

You come to me at midnight and say, 'It's dark in here.' You know you robbed me of my sight, and light is what I fear I tell you that I can not see but you persist in showing me Th...Read Full Lyrics

(brooker / reid)Though I know the night has fallen and the sun's sailed out to seaI will wait here for the band to play the trumpet voluntaryAnd with one foot on the seashore and t...Read Full Lyrics

She took all the pleasure and none of the pain All of the credit and none of the blame I came home to an empty flat She'd left me a note and taken the cat The cord that they knotte...Read Full Lyrics

Conquistador your stallion stands in need of companyAnd like some angel's haloed browYou reek of purityI see your armor plated breastHas long since lost its sheenAnd in your death ...Read Full Lyrics