[Intro]
[Verse]
You re a dirty, hungry, scaly bag of timbers
And you ve seen the last of your deep water days
I have, too
But I d like to cut us free, and we d go astray together
And we d try that last long voyage
Me and you
[Verse]
Young men aren t worth the trouble anymore
They d have you think a man that liked his home
Was nothing but a fool
And they dress up and they go and leave the only thing they ever had
And if I ever could believe that it was worth it
I d go too
[Verse]
But I d just as soon be here as someplace there
I don t need many things
Little coffee, little rum
I can lie here in the cove with those little stars above me
Hear that wind running easy down the bay
[Bridge]
Go away, go away
They tell me that it s time to go away
[Verse]
But you re a dirty, hungry, scaly bag of timbers
And you ve seen the last of your deep water days
I have, too
But by god, I d like to cut us free, and we d go astray together
And we d try that last long voyage
Me and you
[Verse]
But there s snow on my shoes and on my head
And there s snow on that hungry northern wind
And you take a look around you, all your rambling friends are dead
And I guess it won t be long before the day comes
We go, too