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Dead Hand at the Tiller

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Dead Hand at the Tiller

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There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

The man up there, you think he steers,

But he's been dead for a thousand years,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

There is a man upon the bridge,

But he don't know what time it is,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

Don't know the time, don't see the clocks

And we are headed for the rocks,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

Go grab the wheel and pull her round

Or we will all be dead and drowned,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

The man up there, you think he steers,

But he's been dead for a thousand years,

There's a dead hand at the tiller of this ship.

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