Ship Of Fools

Tell me quick said old McFee

What's this all have to do with me'

I've spent all my time at sea a loner

Is there something else

I should know'

Something hidden down below

The level of your conversation'

Well he turned away

Before the answer

Though I yelled aloud

He refused to hear

It became to clear

So it went as we put out

I was left in constant doubt

Everything I asked about

Seemed private

The captain strolled

The bridge one night

I stopped him in the evening light

To ask him would it be all

Right to join him

But he stood there

Like some idol

And he listened like some temple

And then he turned away

All along the fateful coast

We moved silent like a ghost

The timeless sea of tireless

Host possessed us

The wind came building

From the cold Northwest

And soon the waves began to crest

Crashing cross the forward deck

All hands lost

I alone survived the sinking

I alone possessed the tools

On that ship of fools