Rescue Mission-Kris Kristofferson

[00:03.02]By kris kristofferson, bob neuwirth, roger mcguinn, seymour cassell [00:15.04]The captain touched his swagger stick [00:18.17]Up to his golden eye [00:21.52]And boogied through the vestibule [00:25.30]While bidding us goodbye [00:29.19]The enemy surrounds us [00:32.12]And our spirits almost gone [00:36.18]The devil take the cavalry [00:39.43]That sold us for a song [00:54.89]There's chi-chi's on the starboard, lads [00:58.35]And chi-chi's in the stern [01:01.47]And hashish in the hookah pipes [01:04.76]And bonny grass to burn [01:07.96]Our mission is a secret [01:11.07]But we're fool enough to try [01:14.56]We'll sail the bloody ocean, boys [01:17.44]Or drink the bastard dry [01:33.20]"if i'd've been a carpenter," the swarthy [01:37.62]Sergeant said [01:40.45]"i'd never seen this ugly thing [01:43.67]That hangs above my head [01:47.23]The hell with all your heros [01:50.37]And the wounds they hope to show [01:53.84]I'm just a simple soldier, son [01:57.52]With one more year to go" [02:12.95]The albatross was tiring [02:15.96]And the cook was in a stew [02:19.50]The filthy little cabin boy [02:22.49]Was whizzing in my shoe [02:26.35]The captain's wife was aging [02:29.24]And the first mate heard her scream [02:32.54]When tommy slipped tabasco in the [02:36.18]Captain's vaseline [02:50.49]"our time will soon be gone," he said [02:54.48]"it's all we've left to lose [02:57.57]We've shot our ammunition [03:00.69]And we're all but out of booze [03:04.46]So here's to irma donegal [03:08.09]Here's to nellie blye [03:11.55]And here's to my old friend," he said [03:14.83]And kissed his ass goodbye [03:30.07]"give off! give off! you sorry lot. [03:33.16]Give off!," the captain cried [03:36.51]"we've lost our bloody anchor [03:39.48]And we're driftin' with the tide [03:43.22]The swollen surf is pounding [03:46.78]Like a thousand cannons roar [03:50.97]And i shake the hand of any man [03:54.41]Who guides us into shore." [04:09.57]"we're saved! we're saved!" [04:11.35]The soldiers said [04:12.92]"we're saved!," the sailors cried [04:16.37]And soldiers climbed aboard [04:19.09]While sailors left from either side [04:23.16]Some swabbies hit the minefield and [04:26.89]The rifles got the rest [04:30.18]And somewhere there's a schooner [04:33.26]Sinkin' slowly in the west [05:14.96]