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Song title: Kris Kristofferson - Rescue Mission

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By kris kristofferson, bob neuwirth, roger mcguinn, seymour cassell

The captain touched his swagger stick
Up to his golden eye
And boogied through the vestibule
While bidding us goodbye
The enemy surrounds us
And our spirits almost gone
The devil take the cavalry
That sold us for a song

Theres chi-chis on the starboard, lads
And chi-chis in the stern
And hashish in the hookah pipes
And bonny grass to burn
Our mission is a secret
But were fool enough to try
Well sail the bloody ocean, boys
Or drink the bastard dry

If idve been a carpenter, the swarthy
Sergeant said
Id never seen this ugly thing
That hangs above my head
The hell with all your heros
And the wounds they hope to show
Im just a simple soldier, son
With one more year to go

The albatross was tiring
And the cook was in a stew
The filthy little cabin boy
Was whizzing in my shoe
The captains wife was aging
And the first mate heard her scream
When tommy slipped tabasco in the
Captains vaseline

Our time will soon be gone, he said
Its all weve left to lose
Weve shot our ammunition
And were all but out of booze
So heres to irma donegal
Heres to nellie blye
And heres to my old friend, he said
And kissed his ass goodbye

Give off! give off! you sorry lot.
Give off!, the captain cried
Weve lost our bloody anchor
And were driftin with the tide
The swollen surf is pounding
Like a thousand cannons roar
And I shake the hand of any man
Who guides us into shore.

Were saved! were saved!
The soldiers said
Were saved!, the sailors cried
And soldiers climbed aboard
While sailors left from either side
Some swabbies hit the minefield and
The rifles got the rest
And somewhere theres a schooner
Sinkin slowly in the west

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