I'm haunted by a memory

The captain's sword hung over me

A stormy night outside of Algeria

I was commanded upon deck

With a rope around my neck

Got a bottle on my back

I attacked and hit his face

Now he commands a ship in quite another space

I knew there was no time to loose

I packed my sack with meat and booze

And lowered down a life-boat for a cruise

Then my stolen German shell

Blew the proud sea rig to hell

I saw 20 great guys fell

I'm wearing my dressing gown

Now I sit here waiting for their ghosts to come

My life's been a lie

Fill up my mug with whiskey

Fill it once, fill it twice

The third's a big surprise

Let me sit by your side

And drink away the morning

Let me die in your arms

Soft as an angel wing

Submerge my boat by Saida quay

I drank away a hot July

One day I felt the breath of F.B.I.

When I lay down on the floor

With my smoking' 44

Really faced the world as a whore

A voice said, " don't push your luck "

You're still young, you're still pretty, you don't give a fuck

I settled down in Panaji

I spread around my evil seed

And dying every night on local weed

There is an angel in my bed

Golden hair around her head

But the rattling of those dead

Ain't never too far away

And I know they will come back and cut my throat