Flying Dutchman Lyrics - Stormwatch - Jethro Tull

Old lady with a barrow; life near ending 

Standing by the harbour wall; warm wishes sending 

children on the cold sea swell --- 

not fishers of men --- 

gone to chase away the last herring: 

come empty home again. 

So come all you lovers of the good life 

on your supermarket run --- 

Set a sail of your own devising 

and be there when the Dutchman comes. 

Wee girl in a straw hat: from far east warring 

Sad cargo of an old ship: young bodies whoring 

Slow ocean hobo --- ports closed to her crew 

No hope of immigration --- keep on passing through. 

So come all you lovers of the good life 

your children playing in the sun --- 

set a sympathetic flag a-flying 

and be there when the Dutchman comes. 

Death grinning like a scarecrow --- Flying Dutchman 

Seagull pilots flown from nowhere --- try and touch one 

as she slips in on the full tide 

and the harbour-master yells 

All hands vanished with the captain --- 

no one left, the tale to tell. 

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So come all you lovers of the good life 

Look around you, can you see? 

Staring ghostly in the mirror --- 

it's the Dutchman you will be 

.floating slowly out to sea 

in a misty misery. 

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