Shanty Man

Modern ships carry mighty funny gear And away, get away, you shanty man Ain't seen a halyard for many's a year And they got no use for a shanty man Slick new fittings are all your style And away, get away, you shanty man All very clever, but they just ain't right And they got no use for a shanty man Chorus Shanty man, oh shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Verse 2 Levers to pull and buttons to press And away, get away, you shanty man Real-life sailors who need 'em less And they got no use for a shanty man Floating computer dressed as a ship And away, get away, you shanty man Skippered and crewed by a microchip And they got no use for a shanty man Chorus Shanty man, oh shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gonе wrong And they got no use for a shanty man Verse 3 Soon they'll bе sailin' by remote control And away, get away, you shanty man That'll be pleasin' for the owner's soul And they got no use for a shanty man Send the ships from dock to dock And away, get away, you shanty man While sat upon our arses in an office block And they got no use for a shanty man Chorus Shanty man, oh shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Verse 4 New-fangled gear's no use to you And away, get away, you shanty man When you're off Cape Horn and your faces blue And they got no use for a shanty man Then's the time you rue the day And away, get away, you shanty man You sent your shanty man away And they got no use for a shanty man Chorus Shanty man, oh shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Verse 5 A sailor's life it once was hard And away, get away, you shanty man While laid out aloft on a topsail yard And they got no use for a shanty man Now it don't matter if the wind blow high And away, get away, you shanty man You can take force ten with your feet still dry And they got no use for a shanty man Chorus Shanty man, oh shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man Verse 6 Listen at night that you might hear And away, get away, you shanty man A ghostly sound on a cool night air And they got no use for a shanty man Was it a ghost from a distant past And away, get away, you shanty man Or just a breeze in the radar mast? And they got no use for a shanty man Chorus Shanty man, oh shanty man Who's got a berth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they got no use for a shanty man