Elton John - Billy Bones and the White Bird lyrics

Take the wheel I hear the timbers creaking
Take the wheel I think this ship is sinking
Jamaica seems so far and I've been thinking
Old billy bones has gone to sea
And quit his dockside drinking

Check It out, check it out, check it out

And when I'm dead who'll fly
The white bird home
I'm not the ancient mariner
Your children know
And the sea's the field these
Old jack tars have sown
Because billy bones just wants to know
Who'll fly the white bird home

Check It out, check it out, check it ou

Oh your majesty, your majesty
I heard the bosun cry
Old billy bones has washed ashore
Upon a foreign tide

Check It out, check it out, check it ou
Check It out, check it out, check it ou

Oh your majesty, your majesty
I heard the bosun cry
Old billy bones has washed ashore
Upon a foreign tide

Check It out, check it out, check it out
Check It out, check it out, check it out
Check It out, check it out, check it out
Check It out, check it out, check it out