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Artist: Flatfoot 56
Canonical path: /flatfoot-56/the-galley-slave
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The Galley Slave
Read The Galley Slave lyrics by Flatfoot 56 on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Galley Slave
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Bound to sail these ugly seas and hear the seagull's call
Doomed to hear the rat-tat-tat of the quarter master's call
The salt wind blows the slave boss crows making my skin crawl
As I row this cross of mine to the place of the skull
Hour after hour rowing on this worn out bench
My only crime to do this time was my own common sense
To deny the Son means freedom's won, but I can't deny His name
So I'm chained to this my blood soaked fist rowing 'till I am slain
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