On A Sinking Ship chords by Edward Stackpoole
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We're
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abandoned shipwrecks,
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cast adrift at sea
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No negotiations,
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there's nothing for you or me
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The Catlin boys and mermaids,
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a cut -back skeleton crew
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The merchants on the shoreline
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are selling off me and you
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Lose or win, sink or swim, it's all the same
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A one -way trip, it's always the same
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On a sinking ship, seldom do
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Gusts of wind ever blow easily
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A sailor's hopes and dreams
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Drown with him in the sea
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Phantom ships from way beyond
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Radiate in their sun
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Neptune plays the angiver
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Sea urchins look on
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Doctored and trapped
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Scuttled and scrapped
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It's all the same
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A one -way trip, it's always the same
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On a sinking ship
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A circular future,
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a job and a crust of bread
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Maybe a bowl of soup,
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a safe place to rest my head
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The ghosts of previous lives
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Spirit -topped without success
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They bargain for their souls
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Give or take a pound of flesh
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Our days are numbered,
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this has always been true
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You only get one payment,
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how you spend it, it's up to you
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It cuts to the quick,
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it's sick, sick, sick, sick
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It's all the same, a one -way trip
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It cuts to the quick,
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it's sink, sink, sink, sink
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It's all the same, a one -way trip
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It's always the same,
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on a sinking ship
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Outro 1
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On A Sinking Ship
Edward Stackpoole
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