[Verse 1] Basic was just like papaw says Keep your mouth shut and youll be fine Just another enlisted egg In the bowl for Uncle Sams beater When you get to Dam Neck Hear a voice in your head Saying, My lifes no longer mine Have you running with some SAD SOG BMF sandeaters [Verse 2] Setting out on them high seas Feels just like being born But that first port call in Thailand Feels like a pollywog turning nineteen Theyve got king cobras fighting in boxing rings And all the angels play Connect Four Well, it seems like a sailors paradise But it turns out to be a bad dream [Verse 3] Well, now you hit the ground running in Tokyo From Kawasaki to Ebisu Yokosuka, Yokohama and Shinjuku Shibuya, Ropongi, and Harajuku Aw, from Pusan and Pohang, Pattaya to Phuket From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur Seen damn near the whole damn world From the inside of a bar You might also like[Chorus] Ive got sea stories Theyre all true Might seem a little bit farfetched But why would I lie to you? Memories of ink forever stained Still got salt running through my veins Ive got sea stories And my shellback, too [Verse 4] Sometimes Sirens send a ship off course Horizon gets so hazy Maybe get high, play a little GoldenEye On that old 64 And if you get sick and cant manage the kick And get yourself kicked out the navy Youll spend the next year trying to score From a futon life raft on the floor And the next fifteen trying to figure out What the hell you did that for But flying high beats dying for lies in a politicians war1
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