Jay Ferguson

 It was thirty days around the horn
 The captain says it's thirty-five more
 The moon looks mean the crew ain't staying
 There's gonna be some blood
 Is what they're all saying
 It's a shakedown cruise
 And I was just another tool
 There ain't no easy way out
 They're gonna shake you 'til you shout

 They treat you like a dog
 But you're only human
 You miss your home Lord,
 You miss that woman
 The captain laughs he says,
 "You boys want some sex?"
 You can squeeze the sails,
 You can lick the decks
 It was a shakedown cruise
 I guess I just was born to lose
 They tell you life is going cheap
 I got myself in pretty deep

 Star light lost in the night
 Drift away and it feels all right
 Star light alone in the night
 Drift away and it feels all right
 I guess it feels all right

 The fever's hot, the winds are blowin' cold
 The captain's crazy eye puts the fear in your soul
 I heard somebody cryin' "Lord let this end
 You know I'll never go to sea again"
 It was a shakedown cruise
 And now we're sendin' out the news
 There ain't no victory at sea unless it's mutiny
 Now if I don't get off alive
 It's just as well I'll be waking up in heaven
 'Cause I've been through hell on this shakedown cruise
 They call it a shakedown cruise
 Shakedown, shakedown cruise
 Shakedown, shake it up and move
 Shakedown, shakin' in my shoes