They had a last supper the day of the beaching
She’s a dead ship sailing skeleton crew
The galley is empty, the stove pots are cooling
What’s left of the stew
The time is approaching, the captain moves over
The hangman steps in to do what he’s paid for
With the wind down the tide she goes proud ahead steaming
And he drives her hard into the shore
So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride
A drift to a wave from her bows to her rudder
Bravely she rises to meet with the land
Under their feet you can feel the Kings shudder
The shallow sea washes their hands
Later the captain shakes hands with the hangman
Climbs slowly down to the oily wet ground
Goes back to the car that has come here to take him
Through the graveyard back to the town
So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride
They pull out her cables and hack off her hatches
Too poor to be wasteful with pity or time
They sworn on her carcass with torches and axes
Like a whale on a bloody shoreline
Stripped of her pillars her stays and her stanchions
When it’s only her bones on the wet poison land
Steel robbers will drag her with winches and engines
Till it’s only a stain on the sea
So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride
So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride
Got a criminal record, I can’t cross state lines
First on the bad list, and you’re last on mine
Lookin for a scapegoat, long past due
Walking down the aisle, staring straight at you
I still hear him screaming « where do I hide? »
And he asks and I say « hurry inside »
He said, she said, No she don’t
Be back before morning, You know she won’t
I remember that summer, like yesterday
And I remember his mother, As he was dragged away
I still hear him screaming « where do I hide? »
And he asks and I say « hurry inside »
A whole lot of memories
Yours and not mine
And he asks and I say « hurry inside »
Got a criminal record, I can’t cross state lines
First on the bad list, and you’re last on mine
Lookin for a scapegoat, long past due
Walking down the aisle, staring straight at you
I still hear him screaming « where do I hide? »
And he asks and I say « hurry inside »
A whole lot of memories
Yours and not mine
And he asks and I say « hurry inside »
I’ve always known since I was a young boy
In this world everything’s as good as bad
Now my father told me always speak a true word
And I have to say that is the best advice I’ve had
Because something burns inside of me
It’s everything I long to be
And lies they only stop me from feelin’ free
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me
Nothing’s going to stop me
Ahhh, aaaaah
I’ve never yearned for anybody’s forture
The less I have the more I am a happy man
Now my mother told me always keep your head up
Because some may graze you
Just to get what they want
And I said, “Mama, I am not afraid,”
“They will take what they will take,”
“And what would life be like,”
“Without a few mistakes?”
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me oooh
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me ooouuh
Aaaaah aaaaaahhhh
Aaaaah aaaaaahhhh
Now, now, now, now
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me
Like a hobo from a broken home
Nothing’s going to stop me, no!
Shut the door!
While I sit in here, a sentimental face stares
And a voice says hi so
So what you gotta what you gotta disdain
C’mon let’s get high
C’mon look so, you got next oh
Walk twenty five miles oh
Well I’m bored I’m bored
C’mon let’s get high
C’mon let’s get high
C’mon let’s get high
High
Well I found a new way
I found a new way
C’mon doll and use me
I don’t need your sympathy
La, la la la la
Ulysses
I’ll find a new way
I’ll find a new way, baby
My Ulysses, My Ulysses
No, bet you are now, boy
So sinister, so sinister
Last night was wild
What’s a matter there, feeling kinda anxious?
That heart that grew cold
Yeah everyone, everybody knows it
Yeah everyone, everybody know it
Everybody knows I
La, la la la la
Ulysses
I’ll find a new way
I’ll find a new way, baby
La, la la la la
Ulysses
I’ll find a new way
Well I’ll find a new way, baby oh …
Oh, then suddenly you know
You’re never going home
You’re never you’re never you’re never you’re never you’re never you’re never
You’re never going home.
Not Ulysses, baby.
No, la la la la whooo whoo
You’re not Ulysses, whooo whoo
La la la la, whooo whoo
