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SHAKEDOWN CRUISE
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Jay Ferguson
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It was thirty days around the horn
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The captain says it's thirty-five more
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The moon looks mean the crew ain't staying
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There's gonna be some blood
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Is what they're all saying
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It's a shakedown cruise
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And I was just another tool
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There ain't no easy way out
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They're gonna shake you 'til you shout
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They treat you like a dog
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But you're only human
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You miss your home Lord,
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You miss that woman
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The captain laughs he says,
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"You boys want some sex?"
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You can squeeze the sails,
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You can lick the decks
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It was a shakedown cruise
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I guess I just was born to lose
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They tell you life is going cheap
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I got myself in pretty deep
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Star light lost in the night
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Drift away and it feels all right
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Star light alone in the night
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Drift away and it feels all right
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I guess it feels all right
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The fever's hot, the winds are blowin' cold
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The captain's crazy eye puts the fear in your soul
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I heard somebody cryin' "Lord let this end
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You know I'll never go to sea again"
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It was a shakedown cruise
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And now we're sendin' out the news
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There ain't no victory at sea unless it's mutiny
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Now if I don't get off alive
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It's just as well I'll be waking up in heaven
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'Cause I've been through hell on this shakedown cruise
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They call it a shakedown cruise
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Shakedown, shakedown cruise
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Shakedown, shake it up and move
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Shakedown, shakin' in my shoes
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Shakedown Cruise
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Jay Ferguson |