Shipboard Cook

I wanna go to the ocean and send a postcard of my loneliness Forgetting you is so elusive I run away but it’s always this You’re the only one I love It’s always been you And I wish I was conscripted in the Merchant Marines Shanghaied into service of sails and machines, just to stay alive And my sister keeps it simple she’s a shipboard cook She can drive a line, but if you take a look, she’s kinda worried though ‘Cause I keep hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me Hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me I’m always a ghost I tried your gypsy table ramblings and your seance stunt I keep an open mind but I think it’s just a front Want to believe it though My sister says: “Forget her boy, that’s all that you need” Pitching magical elixirs and bottles full of mead for a broken heart It’s too late for that So light em up boys here’s to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that’s where I lost you Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post I’m always a ghost You’re about as haunted as a darkened basement I’ve got all the chances of a dog in a settlement I live by her secrets, she’ll never tell I ride along without ‘em on a deep sea swell I heard there’s someone new, and she starts to talk She’s the merry widow on the widow’s walk And the fear is I’m the one no matter where you are In this twisted, fucked up film noir And I’m hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me Hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me Yeah yeah So light em up boys here’s to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that’s where I lost you Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post I’m always a ghost I’m always a ghost I’m always a ghost I’m always a ghost I’m always a ghost So light em up boys here’s to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that’s where I lost you Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post I’m always a ghost So light em up boys here’s to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that’s where I lost you Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post I’m always a ghost