Black Gold (feat. Van Dyke Parks)

[00:47.90] I had seen the captain drinking
[00:50.77] I don't know what he was thinking
[00:53.23] When he took that stinking cargo out
[00:56.20] Without a doubt, he went too far
[00:58.77] But he will take us out to sea
[01:05.65] 80-thousand metric tons of crude
[01:08.72] A crew of 21 were pounding through the ocean
[01:12.60] Just ajar her screws in motion
[01:14.96] All the stars rotating in their canopy
[01:20.51] Black gold, rolling in the hold
[01:24.97] Back and forth in time for every swell
[01:29.91] Black gold, time would now unfold
[01:34.36] The heavens fixed upon our last farewell
[01:39.28] To this black gold
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[01:53.09] Then she hit the water
[01:54.87] With a shudder, it had got her
[01:57.20] And she went down, heard to utter
[02:00.13] Was the captain in his cups, "What's up?"
[02:02.31] Says, "In my gut, I know we all are doomed"
[02:09.01] She broke up a hemorrhage of oil
[02:12.38] Gushed a rage, a broil from the soiled foil of her hull
[02:17.30] And she was pulled beneath the waves
[02:19.75] Into her grave down in the gloom
[02:24.35] Black gold, my heart is still in pain
[02:29.16] My mandolin will tell her how I feel
[02:34.15] Black gold, bounding on the main
[02:38.79] An agony of ebony and steel
[02:42.92] All this black gold
[02:56.62] "I'm the way, the resurrection, Christ"
[02:59.73] I'd say on Him reflecting
[03:01.98] I'm not sure He'd feel secure
[03:03.73] With what we're doing here, for sure
[03:06.30] Or want to lead us clear out of this dark
[03:14.42] Down the deepest trenches
[03:16.53] Man is stewing in his stenches
[03:18.78] Their cadavers hold palaver
[03:21.17] And the gravity of their endeavors
[03:23.85] Cleverly convert them into shark
[03:28.89] Black gold, nature's upper hand
[03:33.53] With ladies in Mercedes on the strand
[03:38.47] Black gold, Hades' high command
[03:43.16] The tar upon her car and in the sand
[03:48.55] All this black gold
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