We Sail Tonight (For Singapore)

 

We sail tonight for singapore

We're all as mad as hatters here

I've fallen for a tawny moor

Took off to the land of nod

Drank with all the Chinamen

Walked the sewers of Paris

I danced along a colored wind

Dangled from a rope of sand

You must say goodbye to me

We sail tonight for singapore

Don't fall asleep while you're ashore

Cross your heart and hope to die

When you hear the children cry

Let marrow bone and cleaver choose

While making feet for children shoes

Through the alley, back from hell

When you hear that steeple bell

You must say goodbye to me

Wipe 

him 

down 

with 

gasoline

'Til 

his 

arms 

are 

hard 

and mean

From now on boys this iron boat's your home

So heave away, boys

We sail tonight for singapore

Take your blankets from the floor

Wash your mouth out by the door

The whole town's made of iron ore

Every witness turns to steam

They all become Italian dreams

Fill your pockets up with earth

Get yourself a dollar's worth

Away boys, away boys, heave away

The captain 

is a one-armed dwarf

He's throwing dice 

along the wharf

In the land of the blind

The one-eyed man is king, 

so take this ring

We sail tonight for Singapore

We're all as mad as hatters here...

Singapore

Tom Waits