Shanghaied

As soon as i jump from this ship

The sooner off i'll be

With my feet back on the ground

I won't drown

Retrace my steps back to your door

And walk no more

I'll tell my story

And you'll just stare back at me

Like i'm someone else you never met

A stranger in your room

With a face you never knew

And all the seas that i've sailed

And all the anchors i've dropped

Well they just stick to my mind

To loiter and kill my time

I know it's hard to love a man

That you thought you once knew

But i ask for what you can

For the love of this hand

Reinvent yourself a new

Way of life

It's not the ending

But a new beginning

Just wait and see

How this hand unfolds

And you just may

Find a different scene

One you never dreamed