Captain's Dance With the Devil

This young sailor's gonna drown This old ship is sinking down And his chips are black and blue And he's murdered all his crew This young sailor's gonna drown This young man is goin' to die Cursed as soon as he saw the sky And the clouds are black as Hell And as far as we can tell This young man is goin' to die He's off to do the Devil's dance Waitin' deep in hand with the man He's off to do the Devil's deed And he'll never see the shoreline again And he'll never see the shoreline again The youngest captain the world's ever seen Striking a lightning boat dream Only 17, living far beyond his means The youngest captain the world's ever seen He's off to do the Devil's work But to him it's a favour for a friend He's off to learn the Devil's craft But to him it's the only freedom for a man Death is the only freedom for a man Death is the only freedom for a man