Drunken Boat
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โฑ๏ธ 6:37 duration
๐ ID: 132912
๐ Lyrics
The wind was whipping shingle through the windows in the town
A hail of stones across the roof, the slates came raining down
A blade of light upon the spit came sweeping through the roar
With me head inside a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor
Mother, pack me bags because I'm off to foreign parts
Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause I'm sure it's off the charts
I'll pin your likeness on the wall right buy my sleeping head
I'll send you cards and letters so you'll know that I'm not dead
By this time in a week I should be far away from home
Trailing fingers through the phosphor, or asleep in flowers of foam
From Macao to Acapulco, from Havana to Seville
We'll see monoliths and bridges and the Christ up on the hill
An aria with the Russians at the piano in the bar
With ice-floes through the window, we raised glasses to the Czar
We squared off on a dockside with a couple a hundred Finns
We dallied in the Dilly and we stoaked ourselves in gin
Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
And the only sea I want to sail
Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
Where a kid crouched full of sadness
Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
We sailed through constellations and were rutted by the storm
I crumpled under cudgel blows and finally came ashore
I spent the next two years or more just staring at the wall
We went to sea to see the world, what do you think we saw?
If we turned the table upside down and sailed around the bed
Clamped knives between our teeth and tied bandannas 'round our heads
With the wainscot our horizon and the ceiling as the sky
You'd not expect that anyone would go and fucking die
Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
And the only sea I want to sail
Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
Where a kid crouched full of sadness
Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
At nights we passed the bottle 'round and drank to our lost friends
We lay alone upon our bunks and prayed that this would end
A wall of moving shadows with rows of swinging keys
We dreamed that whole Leviathans lay rotting in their weeds
There's a sound that comes from miles away, if you lean your head to hear
A ship's bell rings on board a wreck when the air is still and clear
And up above that means another angel's got his wings
But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink
Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
And the only sea I want to sail
Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
Where a kid crouched full of sadness
Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
A hail of stones across the roof, the slates came raining down
A blade of light upon the spit came sweeping through the roar
With me head inside a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor
Mother, pack me bags because I'm off to foreign parts
Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause I'm sure it's off the charts
I'll pin your likeness on the wall right buy my sleeping head
I'll send you cards and letters so you'll know that I'm not dead
By this time in a week I should be far away from home
Trailing fingers through the phosphor, or asleep in flowers of foam
From Macao to Acapulco, from Havana to Seville
We'll see monoliths and bridges and the Christ up on the hill
An aria with the Russians at the piano in the bar
With ice-floes through the window, we raised glasses to the Czar
We squared off on a dockside with a couple a hundred Finns
We dallied in the Dilly and we stoaked ourselves in gin
Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
And the only sea I want to sail
Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
Where a kid crouched full of sadness
Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
We sailed through constellations and were rutted by the storm
I crumpled under cudgel blows and finally came ashore
I spent the next two years or more just staring at the wall
We went to sea to see the world, what do you think we saw?
If we turned the table upside down and sailed around the bed
Clamped knives between our teeth and tied bandannas 'round our heads
With the wainscot our horizon and the ceiling as the sky
You'd not expect that anyone would go and fucking die
Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
And the only sea I want to sail
Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
Where a kid crouched full of sadness
Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
At nights we passed the bottle 'round and drank to our lost friends
We lay alone upon our bunks and prayed that this would end
A wall of moving shadows with rows of swinging keys
We dreamed that whole Leviathans lay rotting in their weeds
There's a sound that comes from miles away, if you lean your head to hear
A ship's bell rings on board a wreck when the air is still and clear
And up above that means another angel's got his wings
But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink
Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
And the only sea I want to sail
Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
Where a kid crouched full of sadness
Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:56.71] The wind was whipping shingle through the windows in the town
[01:02.27] A hail of stones across the roof, the slates came raining down
[01:07.50] A blade of light upon the spit came sweeping through the roar
[01:12.99] With me head inside a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor
[01:18.69] Mother, pack me bags because I'm off to foreign parts
[01:23.62] Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause I'm sure it's off the charts
[01:29.03] I'll pin your likeness on the wall right buy my sleeping head
[01:34.58] I'll send you cards and letters so you'll know that I'm not dead
[01:39.75] By this time in a week I should be far away from home
[01:45.24] Trailing fingers through the phosphor, or asleep in flowers of foam
[01:50.60] From Macao to Acapulco, from Havana to Seville
[01:56.19] We'll see monoliths and bridges and the Christ up on the hill
[02:01.62] An aria with the Russians at the piano in the bar
[02:06.88] With ice-floes through the window, we raised glasses to the Czar
[02:12.25] We squared off on a dockside with a couple a hundred Finns
[02:17.72] We dallied in the Dilly and we stoaked ourselves in gin
[02:22.91] Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
[02:28.33] Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
[02:33.89] And the only sea I want to sail
[02:39.87] Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
[02:42.35] Where a kid crouched full of sadness
[02:45.04] Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
[02:50.56]
[03:09.31] We sailed through constellations and were rutted by the storm
[03:14.55] I crumpled under cudgel blows and finally came ashore
[03:19.70] I spent the next two years or more just staring at the wall
[03:25.28] We went to sea to see the world, what do you think we saw?
[03:30.76] If we turned the table upside down and sailed around the bed
[03:36.18] Clamped knives between our teeth and tied bandannas 'round our heads
[03:41.54] With the wainscot our horizon and the ceiling as the sky
[03:47.18] You'd not expect that anyone would go and fucking die
[03:52.32] Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
[03:57.75] Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
[04:03.26] And the only sea I want to sail
[04:09.01] Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
[04:11.65] Where a kid crouched full of sadness
[04:14.35] Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
[04:19.14]
[04:23.83] At nights we passed the bottle 'round and drank to our lost friends
[04:29.58] We lay alone upon our bunks and prayed that this would end
[04:35.04] A wall of moving shadows with rows of swinging keys
[04:40.79] We dreamed that whole Leviathans lay rotting in their weeds
[04:46.02] There's a sound that comes from miles away, if you lean your head to hear
[04:51.64] A ship's bell rings on board a wreck when the air is still and clear
[04:57.18] And up above that means another angel's got his wings
[05:02.85] But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink
[05:07.83] Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
[05:13.23] Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
[05:18.78] And the only sea I want to sail
[05:24.55] Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
[05:27.15] Where a kid crouched full of sadness
[05:30.07] Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
[05:35.22]
[01:02.27] A hail of stones across the roof, the slates came raining down
[01:07.50] A blade of light upon the spit came sweeping through the roar
[01:12.99] With me head inside a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor
[01:18.69] Mother, pack me bags because I'm off to foreign parts
[01:23.62] Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause I'm sure it's off the charts
[01:29.03] I'll pin your likeness on the wall right buy my sleeping head
[01:34.58] I'll send you cards and letters so you'll know that I'm not dead
[01:39.75] By this time in a week I should be far away from home
[01:45.24] Trailing fingers through the phosphor, or asleep in flowers of foam
[01:50.60] From Macao to Acapulco, from Havana to Seville
[01:56.19] We'll see monoliths and bridges and the Christ up on the hill
[02:01.62] An aria with the Russians at the piano in the bar
[02:06.88] With ice-floes through the window, we raised glasses to the Czar
[02:12.25] We squared off on a dockside with a couple a hundred Finns
[02:17.72] We dallied in the Dilly and we stoaked ourselves in gin
[02:22.91] Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
[02:28.33] Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
[02:33.89] And the only sea I want to sail
[02:39.87] Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
[02:42.35] Where a kid crouched full of sadness
[02:45.04] Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
[02:50.56]
[03:09.31] We sailed through constellations and were rutted by the storm
[03:14.55] I crumpled under cudgel blows and finally came ashore
[03:19.70] I spent the next two years or more just staring at the wall
[03:25.28] We went to sea to see the world, what do you think we saw?
[03:30.76] If we turned the table upside down and sailed around the bed
[03:36.18] Clamped knives between our teeth and tied bandannas 'round our heads
[03:41.54] With the wainscot our horizon and the ceiling as the sky
[03:47.18] You'd not expect that anyone would go and fucking die
[03:52.32] Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
[03:57.75] Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
[04:03.26] And the only sea I want to sail
[04:09.01] Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
[04:11.65] Where a kid crouched full of sadness
[04:14.35] Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
[04:19.14]
[04:23.83] At nights we passed the bottle 'round and drank to our lost friends
[04:29.58] We lay alone upon our bunks and prayed that this would end
[04:35.04] A wall of moving shadows with rows of swinging keys
[04:40.79] We dreamed that whole Leviathans lay rotting in their weeds
[04:46.02] There's a sound that comes from miles away, if you lean your head to hear
[04:51.64] A ship's bell rings on board a wreck when the air is still and clear
[04:57.18] And up above that means another angel's got his wings
[05:02.85] But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink
[05:07.83] Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
[05:13.23] Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet
[05:18.78] And the only sea I want to sail
[05:24.55] Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk
[05:27.15] Where a kid crouched full of sadness
[05:30.07] Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening Sun
[05:35.22]