Well a man needs rum Like a ship needs the sea Like the sparrow needs the sky Like the whores need me Any pleasure of life Don't compare Can't ya see? To being good and drunk and free! And it's all for rum And rum for all All for rum And rum for all So we raise our glasses And watch them fall All for rum And rum for all All for rum And rum for all And it's rum for young And rum for old Rum for weak And rum for strong Rum for the drunk facedown on the floor Rum for the Captain's whore And it's all for rum And rum for all All for rum And rum for all So we raise our glasses And watch them fall All for rum And rum for all All for rum And rum for all But when the last drop is drunk And the rum's all gone The sky turns dark And your face forlorn Four horsemen appear Herald death 'cross the land 'Til the saviour leans down With a bottle in his hand! And it's rum for all! And it's all for rum And rum for all All for rum And rum for all So we raise our glasses And watch them fall All for rum And rum for all All for rum And rum for all