hit it
it was thirty days around the horn
the captain says it’s a thirtyfive more
the moon looks mean and the crew ain’t staying
there’s gonna be some blood is what they’re all saying
it’s a shakedown cruise shakedown shakedown cruise
and i was just another fool shakedown shakedown cruise
there ain’t no easy way out shakedown shakedown cruise
they’re gonna shake you ’til you shout hey hey shakedown shakedown cruise
they treat you like a dog but you’re only human
you miss your home lord you miss that woman
the captain laughs he says you boys want some sex
you can squeeze the sails you can lick the decks
it was a shakedown cruise shakedown shakedown cruise
i guess i just was born to lose shakedown shakin’ out the blues
they tell you life is going cheap shakedown shakedown cruise
i got myself in pretty deep shakedown shakedown cruise
starlight lost in the night
drift away and it feels all right and it feels all right
starlight alone in the night
drift away and it feels all right and it feels all right
i guess it feels all right
the fever’s hot the winds are blowin’ cold
the captain’s crazy eye puts the fear in your soul
i heard somebody cryin’ lord let this end
you know i’ll never go to sea again
it was a shakedown cruise shakedown shakedown cruise
and now we’re sendin’ out the news shakedown shakin’ out the blues
there ain’t no victory at sea shakedown shakedown cruise
unless it’s mutiny shakedown shakin’ in my shoes
now if i don’t get off alive it’s just as well
i’ll be waking up in heaven ’cause i’ve been through hell
on this shakedown cruise
they call it a shakedown cruise
aw shake me down boy
shakedown shakedown cruise
shakedown shakin’ out the blues
it was a shakedown cruise
shakedown shakedown cruise
it got me shakin’ in my shoes
shakedown shakin’ in my shoes
and now i’m feelin’ kinda blue
shakedown shakedown cruise
whoo
shakedown shakin’ out the blues
shakedown cruise
shakedown shakedown cruise
i said shake me down boys
shakedown shakin’ in my shoes
whoo
shakedown shakedown cruise
Artist: Jay Ferguson
Year: 1979
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 213