I am a simple man
I learned to work with my hands
Out here on these waves
Sha la la la la!
I guess I've always known
That I would die alone here
One cold november day
Sha la la la la!
I heard that you did take
A brother in the mornin'
Another without warnin'
Sha la la la la!
And who am I to think
That I'd be any different
As God is my witness,
I saw Davey Jones
Underneath the water
With a thousand of my fathers
Calling me home. Yeah.
I saw Davey Jones
Waving his black flag
Counting up his bones.
They say when I was five
The day I cast my first line
I fell over the port side
Sha la la la la!
And as I was sinking down
I heard my mother singin'
I heard the church bells ringin'
Sha la la la la!
And when they pulled me in
I felt him tuggin my hand;
I saw Davey Jones
Underneath the water
With a thousand of my fathers
Calling me home... yeah.
I saw Davey Jones
Waving his black flag
Counting up his bones.
Now the waves have snapped the mast
I'm takin' water so fast
I let go of the lines;
And I can feel my father's stare
From beyond the grave somewhere
As I fail him one last time;
'Cuz I would never be
The man he thought I should be
The lesser of his sons.
So Jesus help me now
Help me to forgive him
Before the darkness floods in.
I saw Davey Jones
Underneath the water
With a thousand of my fathers
Calling me home.
Yeah, an' I saw Davey Jones
Waving his black flag
Counting up his bones.
Yeah, an' I saw Davey Jones
Wavin' his black flag
Counting up his bones.