What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Early in the morning
Row the long boat to a landing
The drinking life is too demanding
Tough love will leave you standing
Are you sick of being sick and tired*
Being late and being fired
First one drunk and last one hired
The kids all love you and adore you
But by evening they are looking for you
Rowing a lifeboat along beside you
The wind is up and the ocean rages
Disease will take you down in stages
The killer whale will eat through cages
Loving this much has got me grieving
I can’t stand by and watch you leaving
But no more lies, no more deceiving
The truth comes in the morning
I’m loving the one this storm is taking
I’m on the shore, my heart is breaking
Watching a drowning in the making
It's gonna take me down—by morning
Living in guilt and dying in shame
The drunken sailor is not to blame
But when we asked for help millions came
And it was a brand new morning