Shakedown Cruise

It was thirty days around the horn
 The captain says it's a thirty-five more
 The moon looks mean and 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
 Starlight lost in the night
 Drift away and it feels all right
 Starlight 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