it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away and talk about their homes And there's a girl in this harbor town and she works layin' whiskey
He was never exactly drunk, but then he was never exactly sober anyway And I often remember these words he used to say Water is the strong stuff It carries whales and ships
it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away And talk about their homes And there's a girl in this harbor town And she works layin' whiskey
And the ship lost it's way in the fog And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two, Just meself and the Captain's old dog Then the ship struck
the ship afloat, a rock and roll the boat And let's get into town Bless my heart and soul, we've discovered gold Spread the news around Get the ship
But if wisdom says to let him go Then it's hell, because you just don't know Until you've tried to love a man who's loving whiskey, loving whiskey My
start But if wisdom says to let him go Then it's hell because you just don't know Until you've tried to love a man who's lovin' whiskey Lovin' whiskey
Spent the night with a friend of mine and a handle of good whiskey We picked guitars and talked about how the glory days we missed 'em And it didn't take
thee well a while, For the ship is a-waiting and the wind blows free And I am bound away for the sea, Mary Ann. If I had a flask of gin, Whiskey there
me at Kildoanan when the black-face came to stay He'd oatcakes and he'd whiskey and one foot in the grave For us it's over Bitter tears began to fall As whiskey
it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time a way And talk about their homes Theres a girl in this harbor town And she works laying whiskey
I helped him turn the wheels My arms grew hard as iron for a boy of 17 And I used my fists for gambling in those wet Kilarny streets Well the ship left
From Killermont Street Drink a drink to before And our memories spill Adding on as they pour From our Saturdays and secret sensations Drink a drink to tonight Whiskey
the credit This is my own goddamn success You're riding a ship you didn't build Give me your beer and give me your whiskey Fuck your life of the
better off dead Than in the awful ship I'm in But death just don't seem to have a place for those that stay drunk on whiskey, wine and gin You see
quotes And a tight fastened lip Don't ask her for the water 'Cause she'll sink like a ship Don't ask her for the water 'Cause she'll sink like a ship
My father he rides in your ships And I know he would never mean harm But to see both sides of a quarrel Is to judge without hate or love Oh, oh, helpless