Paper Ship — Sound Money Records — lyrics
They built themselves a mighty ship
From paper, ink and pride
“She’s unsinkable,” they told me
“Son, climb on board and ride”
But I saw the water rising
Right beneath the ballroom floor
And the band just kept on playing
Like the sea was theirs to ignore
(full gang vocals)
‘Cause I’m a psycho!
A little bit crazy, a little bit mad
Laughing in my little orange boat
With everything I have
I’m a psycho!
Keep laughing from the deck
But I ain’t going down with your paper ship
I’ll be rowing when she’s wrecked
The captain’s fixing leaks
With paper by the pound
Says “there’s nothing wrong with sinking
If the whole world’s going down”
They call me mad for leaving
Call me crazy for the cold
But I’d rather freeze out here and float
Than go down dressed in gold
(quiet, one voice, waves)
And when the water takes her —
And it will, it always does —
Don’t go looking at the bottom
For the madman that I was
You’ll hear me somewhere singing
Out across the black
In a little orange lifeboat
Never once looking back
(double-time, everyone)
(gang chant, fading)
Psycho! (hey!) Psycho! (hey!)
A little bit crazy, a little bit mad…
Sound / Money