Ship Of Fools

Album: Private Revolution (1986)
Charted: 42 27
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  • We're setting sail to the place on the map
    From which no one has ever returned
    Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
    By the light of the crosses that burned
    Drawn by the promise of the women and the lace
    And the gold and the cotton and pearls
    It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
    You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby
    You will pay tomorrow
    You're gonna pay tomorrow
    You will pay tomorrow

    Oh, oh, oh
    Save me, save me from tomorrow
    I don't want to sail with this ship of fools, no, no
    Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
    I don't want to sail with this ship of fools, no, no
    I want to run and hide right now

    Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
    They will leave you drifting in the shallows
    Or drowning in the oceans of history
    Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
    But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
    Using all the good people for your galley slaves
    As you're little boat struggles through the warning waves, but you don't pay

    You will pay tomorrow
    You're gonna pay tomorrow, yeah
    You're gonna pay tomorrow

    Save me, save me from tomorrow
    I don't want to sail with this ship of fools, no, no, no
    Save me, save me from tomorrow
    I don't want to sail with this ship of fools
    Where's it comin' from?
    Oh, where's it goin' to?
    It's just a, it's just a ship of fools

    All abord now
    Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
    Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
    Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
    Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
    Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
    Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo... Writer/s: KARL EDMOND DE VERE WALLINGER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • James from Diamond Bar Ca Great Tune - caught this song from a Lost Songs Facebook Group - just awesome
  • Devilsfan from San Francisco2018 updated video, still appropriate.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBzYhHZJBKA
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