
Date of issue: 31.12.1992
Record label: Virgin
Song language: English
Ship Of Fools |
The captain’s in a coma, the lieutenant’s on a drunk; |
The owner’s in his cabin with his special friend, the monk; |
The midget’s on the bridge, dispensing platitudes and junk-- |
Those wild and special places, |
Those strange and dangerous places, |
Those sad, sweet faces, |
It’s a Ship of Fools. |
The nurse in black seamed stockings, she’s already on patrol |
For fake fur starlets panicked by the watering-hole; |
Everybody’s waiting for the drama to unfold |
In those cold and treasured places, |
Those old and degenerate places; |
Those posed, posed, empty faces |
It’s a Ship of Fools. |
Run, rabbit, run, you’re the only one |
That can do it; |
Turn, baby, turn, there’s a ring of fire |
And you’ve got to go through it. |
Fun, baby, fun, when the sands have run |
To the limit |
Turn, baby, turn, there’s a ring of fire |
And you’re in it. |
Looking for logic and adventure down the dark end of the street, |
Open city, open season, open lips that gleam so sweet |
Offer kisses like piranhas to the soft flesh of your feet, |
And any man’s poison is every man’s meat |
In those mad and special places, |
Those sad and desparate places, |
Those sad, sweet soul embraces, |
It’s a Ship of Fools |
Those strange and special places |
Those wild and dangerous places, |
Those dead, dead, dead faces… |
It’s a Ship of Fools; |
No rules. |
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