Navigating Flood Regions lyrics

Spy ? ? shouting? ? the crew let’s string him upWise up to the captain where’s my coffee cupAnd it’s been an adventurous dayThe ship floats but it won’t float awayLet’s us stayDon your favorite costume here we goBelt a song if you’re not real long and slowAnd you doing a wonderful jobShaping up with a competent mobIt’s your jobIt’s as long as wide and just beginningBeen around for aeons just like meGrab your money and let’s go for all the winningsCast your soul into the jagged seaIt’s the number on your headNow you’re deadStuff you down the barrel of a cannonLet you see the world as something to seeTake you to the corners of the playgroundLet you watch the traffic through the treesIt’s the number on your headNow you’re deadAnd we run as the war trumpet blowsAnd the judge with the list of no-shows
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