Sunday, January 1, 2017

The Promise of The Joker And The Fool

SHIP OF FOOLS [World Party/Wallinger]







We're setting sail
To the place on the map from which no one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burn
Drawn by the promise of the women and the lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you meet
You sail away from the light of the world

You will pay tomorrow

You're gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow
Save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this ship of fools, no no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this ship of fools, no no
I want to run and hide
Right now

Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea

They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Travellin' the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like I knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves

But you will pay, you will pay tomorrow

You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
Save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this ship of fools,
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this ship of fools,
Where's it comin' from or where's it goin' to?
It's just a - it's just a ship of fools

All Aboard