Ship of fools
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1. "Tell me quick" said Old McFee,
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"What's this all have to
do with me?"
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"I've spent all my time
at sea, a loner."
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"Is there something else
I should know?
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Something hidden down below
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the
level of your conversation?"
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Well, he turned away before the answer,
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though
I yelled aloud he refused to hear.
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It became too clear.
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2. So it went as we put out, I was left in constant doubt,
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everything
I asked about seemed private.
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The captain strolled
the bridge one night,
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I stopped him in the evening
light
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to
ask him would it be all right to join him.
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But he stood there like some idol,
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and
he listened like some temple,
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and
then he turned away.
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3. All along the fateful coast we moved silent like a ghost,
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the
timeless sea of tireless host possessed us.
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The wind came
building from the cold northwest,
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and
soon the waves began to crest,
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crashing
cross the forward deck, all hands lost.
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I alone survived the sinking,
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I alone possessed the tools on that ship of
fools.
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+ Ship of fools, on that ship of fools,
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that
ship of fools.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Bob Seger)