a moonless night upon the deck the sails and rigging moan
there’s no one here to hear us and at last we are, at last we are alone
so I can speak my peace and if you think I’ve been unfair
you can leave me on some island with a pistol for all I care
not for the mission and I care not for the sea and I
think it’s time, it’s high time that we had ourselves a little mutiny

we have knives and we have will and we have something of a plan
but it’s mostly just to take the wheel and do the best, do the best we can
and if we run aground and drown at least we tried
but I promise you the owners never gave a damn if we lived or died
as masters of our fate and captains of our soul, well I
think it’s more, it’s much more than some folks willxx whole

and the captain's drunk, his mates are worse, the owners can go hang
there’s nothing but our work make that makes this vessel thing
they can say we're kin, but if it were the last ship in the world I’d set this ship on fire fore I’d ever be their girl

you say that other ships are just as crooked I’m afraid
and of that crooked timber nothing straight was ever made
but I’d rather take my chances with the sharks for all their flaws
at least the sharks are honest when they open up their jaws

and the captain's drunk, his mates are worse, the owners can go hang
there’s nothing but our work make that makes this vessel thing
they can say we're kin, but if it were the last ship in the world I’d set this ship on fire fore I’d ever be their girl

be their girl, I’d burn alive before I’d be their girl

yes I’d set this ship on fire, and I won’t apologize
turn in the widening gyre as the smoke and flames all rise
they can say we’re kin but if it were the last ship in the world I’d set it all on fire before I’d ever be, I’d ever be their girl

be their girl, I’d burn alive before I’d be their girl, oh