Ship Of Fools

 
              
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Tell me, quick, said Old McFee..what's this all have  
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to do with me?..I've spent all my time at sea, a loner. 
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Is there something else I should know?..something hidden  
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down below, 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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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..I stopped him  
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in the evening light..to ask him would it be all right to  
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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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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, crashing cross the forward 
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deck..all hands lost. 
 
 
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I alone, survived the sinking.. 
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I alone, possessed the tools, on  
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that ship of fools. 
 
OUTRO:
 
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Ship of fools......on that ship of fools.. 
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that ship of fools..