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Phil Ochs - The Scorpion Departs, But Never Returns

핸디맨 2015. 6. 10. 00:24

 

 

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Rehearsals For Retirement(1969)..

Phil Ochs - The Scorpion Departs, But Never Returns...

 

Sailors climb the tree, up the terrible tree
 Where are my shipmates have they sunk beneath the sea?
 I do not know much, but I know this cannot be
 It isn't really, it isn't really, tell me it isn't really

 

Sounding bell is diving down the water green
 Not a trace, not a toothbrush, not a cigarette was seen
 Bubble ball is rising from a whisper or a scream
 But I'm not screaming, no, I'm not screaming, tell me I'm not screaming

 

Captain will not say, how long we must remain
 The phantom ship forever sail the sea
 It's all the same

 

Captain, my dear Captain we're staying down so long
 I have been a good man, I've done nobody wrong
 Have we left our ladies for the lyrics of a song?
 That I'm not singing, I'm not singing, tell me I'm not singing

 

The schooner ship is sliding across the kitchen sink
 My son and my daughter they won't know what to think
 The crew has turned to voting and the officers to drink
 But I'm not drinking, no I'm not drinking, tell me I'm not drinking

 

Captain will not say, how long we must remain
 The phantom ship forever sail the sea
 It's all the same

 

The radio is begging them to come back to the shore
 All will be forgiven, it'll be just like before
 All you've ever wanted will be waiting by your door
 We will forgive you, we will forgive you, tell me we will forgive you

 

But no one gives an answer not even one goodbye
 Oh, the silence of their sinking is all that they reply
 Some have chosen to decay and other chose to die
 But I'm not dying, no I'm not dying, tell me I'm not dying

 

Captain will not say, how long we must remain
 The phantom ship forever sail the sea
 It's all the same