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Date of issue: 26.11.2015
Song language: English
These Laughing Bones |
The sailor won’t keep his hands in his pockets |
He won’t write his letters in red |
Bad luck is like bad news |
With no end to how it spreads |
The sailor killed a wren on New Year’s Day |
He nailed his right boot to the mast |
He never whistle’s on board they say |
But wakes each morning with his flask |
Beneath the roots of the ocean |
Under the shade of the sea |
Gather these laughing bones |
Darling, beg mercy for me |
Above the branches of clouds |
Atop the crown of the sky |
Let your tears fall |
And join the waves where I lie |
Good luck is offered to the sailor |
With a fist he gives it back |
True luck it floes from the prayer |
Blood the only thing that can bring it back |
A broken promise, a broken man |
A cooper’s ax, a guilty hand |
A tall drink, a head slammed |
A rivet joined to seal the damned |
Beneath the roots of the ocean |
Under the shade of the sea |
Gather these laughing bones |
Darling, beg mercy for me |
Above the branches of clouds |
Atop the crown of the sky |
Let your tears fall |
And join the waves where I lie |
The captain throws a plant from the wheelhouse |
«Do you want us to wreck? |
Plants seek the earth just as we do! |
Bring up some wine to pour on deck.» |
But there’s something foul in the mixture |
The barrel’s opened wide |
There’s the sailor at the bottom |
There’s the sailor going over the side |
Beneath the roots of the ocean |
Under the shade of the sea |
Gather these laughing bones |
Darling, beg mercy for me |
Above the branches of clouds |
Atop the crown of the sky |
Let your tears fall |
And join the waves where I lie |