It's a man's life living in West Virginia. It can take a chisel and stick it in ya. They say they grow the world's finest tobaccos. I say they're wacko - totally mad! He had a no-good job, he had this Vietnamese wife. He had the law in his yard, he lived this trailer-camp life. He re-invented himself, he had the Lord on his side. He re-invented himself, he took himself for a ride. Life in the navy suites a man fine! Life in the navy - gonna make the world mine. Life in the navy the American way: Life in the navy blowing arabs away. Chorus: Hold on sailor, sit down sailor - don't waste your breath! Hup! Two! Three! Four! Floating on a boat along the line of death. The Libyan genie grants your every wish: He's waiting for you - with the fish! Plays the mad dog in the T.V. drama, Likes to wear a uniform like the dalai lama. Life in the navy can make you go blind. Life in the navy for a nation of swine. You should have seen for yourself, given gum to the kids: He don't feel proud anymore about the things that he did. Chorus Things move quicker and your blood runs thick along the line of death.