Sea Stories

[00:01.26] Basically it's just like papaw says
[00:04.00] Keep your mouth shut and you'll be fine
[00:08.05] Just another enlisted egg
[00:11.09] In the bowl for Uncle Sam's beater
[00:15.56] When you get to Dam Neck
[00:17.91] Hear a voice in your head
[00:19.19] Saying, my life's no longer mine
[00:22.33] Have you running with some s-a-d s-o-t
[00:27.37] B-M-F's Anitas
[00:34.02] Sailing out on them high seas
[00:37.53] Feels just like being born
[00:41.75] That first port call in Thailand
[00:45.04] Feels like a pollywog turning nineteen
[00:49.92] They've got king cobras fighting in boxing rings
[00:52.82] And all the angels play Connect Four
[00:55.92] Seems like a sailor's paradise
[01:00.42] But turns out to be a bad dream
[01:07.56] When I hit the ground running in Tokyo
[01:10.95] From Kawasaki to Ebisu
[01:15.31] Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Shinjuku
[01:18.23] Shibuya, Ropongi, and Harajuku
[01:22.75] Aw, from Pusan and Ko Chang, Pattaya to Phuket
[01:26.27] From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
[01:29.38] Seen damn near the whole damn world
[01:32.29] From the inside of a bar
[01:35.08] I've got sea stories
[01:37.82] They're all true
[01:40.98] Might seem a little bit far-fetched
[01:44.09] But why would I lie to you
[01:46.83] Memories make forever stains
[01:50.30] Still got salt running through my veins
[01:52.94] I've got sea stories
[01:55.74] And my shellback, too
[02:26.83] Sometimes Sirens send a ship off course
[02:29.91] Horizon gets so hazy
[02:34.05] Maybe get high, play a little GoldenEye
[02:37.40] On that old sixtyfour
[02:41.56] And if you get sick and can't manage the kick
[02:44.94] And get yourself kicked out the navy
[02:51.05] You'll spend the next year trying to score
[02:53.47] From a futon life raft on the floor
[02:56.76] And the next fifteen trying to figure out
[02:59.95] What the hell you did that for
[03:04.51] But flying high beats dying for lies
[03:07.73] In a politician's war