The Last Ship - If You Ever See Me Talking To A Sailor |
Broadway Musical (2014) The Last Ship - If You Ever See Me Talking To A Sailor Lyrics
(Music and lyrics by Sting)
When the winds from the east turn colder and there’s a pungent taste of salt upon the breeze something troubles you inside like a scum upon the tide a somethin washed up on the beach down by the quays
intuition’s what a girl in love relies i should have known he only wanted to be free i drew line upon sand only a fool would ever stand between man & his involved with sea
and when the tide rolls out you’ll find your bed is empty and he’s gone so if you ever see me talking to sailor some scurvy no good mongrel of a lad ya knock the drink out of my hand push me over where i stand take a slug at me but somewhere i won’t scar pin my body to the ground and slap my face to bring me round and you can roll my silly ass out of this bar
for a sailor’s not a man to be trusted a villain who’ll call you his chickadee oh but when he’s had his way all he’ll give us is good day then he’ll blow a kiss and scuttle back to see
and when the tide rolls out you’ll find your bed is empty and he’s gone so if you ever see me talking to sailor on a blindly passing time of day no don’t you hesitate to think someone’s tampered with ya drink and he’s shaking out your handbag in the time it takes to blink and all the booz you’ve ever bought em he’s just thrown up in the sink just call the funny farm & carry me away
for a sailor’s not a man to be trusted he’s treacherous as tides & hidden reefs and just to get you up the stairs he’ll quote the bible in his prayers and before you know bound for ** reef
and when the tide rolls out you’ll find your house is empty and he’s gone and when the tide rolls out you’ll find your heart is empty and he’s gone
and when you become a woman of certain age you find it’s difficult to trust a man difficult gage when that bilge rat who left you without a living wage thinks there’s still that tawdry glamour of the sea that i swear to god’s completely lost of me
So if you ever see me talkin to a sailor some mangy sea dog sulky on the quay just remind me what i’ve said or you can just shoot me in the head and then throw my bleeding body in the sea (you’ll find your bed is empty and he’s) gone!
[Thanks to Kara Jonsson for lyrics]
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