| I am standing here today without a dollar to my name
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| I’ve paid my dues, I’ve jumped my claim
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| I’m a just a child of the wind
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| And I have sailed, I have sunk
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| I’ve died of thirst, and I’ve been drunk
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| Everything I own is packed into a trunk
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| It’s at the bottom of the ocean
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| When the ships go in, the ships go out
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| The tide rolls in, and my days run out
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| Everyday I’m on the watch for the boat I lost
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| I’m all washed up
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| Yes I’m all washed up
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| I have walked down foreign streets
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| I have heard secrets that I didn’t keep
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| And I once loved a girl, she was so sweet
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| She rotted out all of my teeth
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| Oh yes the ships go in, the ships go out
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| The tide rolls in, and my days run out
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| Everyday I’m on the watch for the boat I lost
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| I’m all washed up
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| Yes I’m all washed up
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| It’s easy to get home under a tail wind
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| Even when your timbers rot, your anchor’s dropped
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| Your seas are chop, yes you’re all washed up
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| I’ve been baked, I’ve been burned
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| I’ve been loved, and I’ve been spurned
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| I’ve forgotten more than I have ever learned
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| It’s all at the bottom of a bottle |
| When the ships go in, the ships go out
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| The tide rolls in, and my days run out
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| Everyday I’m on the watch for the boat I lost
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| I’m all washed up
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| Yes I’m all washed up |