Abney Park - æther shanties lyrics

My arms aching, back's breaking
Legs aching neck
And this whole ruddy ship is
A huge creaking wreck
Flown ten thousand miles with this
Thorn in our sides
My arms aching, back's breaking
Legs aching neck
And this whole ruddy ship is
A huge creaking wreck
Flown ten thousand miles with this
Thorn in our sides
Though the wind's steady strong with
No clouds in the skies

The ropes creaking, ship's leaking
Sails are on fire
And this whole bloody ship could
Go up like a pyre
We've got smiles on our faces
But we've seen this before
No telling just now what we have in store
The back-stabbing
Loot nabbing plans behind doors
Running low on the rum
And depleting our stores
Can't tell who's on our side
And who's ready to flip
When we hit the next port the
Whole crew could jump ship

With the moods flaring, crew's glaring
Cut-throats the lot
With a paranoid captain always
Smelling a plot
We've worked hard on this journey
But there's no land in sight
And before it's all ended there
Could be a fight

My arms aching, back's breaking
Legs aching neck
And this whole ruddy ship is
A huge creaking wreck
Flown ten thousand miles with this
Thorn in our sides
Though the wind's steady strong with
No clouds in the skies

The ropes creaking, ship's leaking
Sails are on fire
And this whole bloody ship could
Go up like a pyre
We've got smiles on our faces
But we've seen this before
No telling just now what we have in store