Ship Of Fools
"Tell me quick" said Old McFee"What's this all have to do with me?""I've spent all my time at sea a loner."
"Is there something else I should know?""Something hidden down below the level of your conversation?"We he turned away before the answerThough I yelled aloud he refused to hearIt became to clearSo it went as we put outI was left in constant doubtEverything I asked about seemed private
The captain strolled the bridge one nightI stopped him in the evening lightTo ask him would it be all right to join him
But he stood there like some idolAnd he listened like some templeAnd then he turned away
All along the fateful coastWe moved silent like a ghostThe timeless sea of tireless host possessed usThe wind came building from the cold northwestAnd soon the waves began to crestCrashing cross the forward deckAll hands lost
I alone survived the sinkingI alone possessed the toolsOn that ship of fools