[Intro] [Verse 1] There’s only sky and water As far as we can see You came in a dream last night Dear heart you spoke to me There’s only sky and water And never so alone When we cut the captain loose We cut all ties with home Lord we cut all ties with home [Verse 2] We let the tyrant drift away In one of his own boats I don’t know why I stopped the hands From going for his throat Every man did curse the day He signed up for the trip And every man did know This was no way to run a ship Lord no way to run a ship [Instrumental 1] [Verse 3] Good riddance to his bitter soul And now we have the brig It’s sure we’ll not be sailing home To dance the hempen jig There’s only sky and water We sleep and dream of land But free of chains of iron And the captain’s iron hand Lord the captain’s iron hand [Instrumental 2] [Verse 4] He lashed me to a grating For the nine claws of the cat And now I have a fever But I give no thought to that I am high over the water I sleep and dream of land Free of chains of iron And the captain’s iron hand Lord the captain’s iron hand [Outro]