The Devil Ship Lyrics

Well met, well met my own true love

Well met well met said he

You've gone away with another my love

And thus forsaken me

I do not cry for my broken heart

Nor for your broken vow

It's for your children who asks after you

That I'm crying now

I am just a house carpenter

And it's all I want to be

But you took me everything I had

And stole across the sea

Leave it to a messenger

To only bring bad news

On the fly he brought me mine

None which I could use

Set sail set sail the captain said

I have what I've come for

He gave to her the strangest glance

He'd ever seen before

I've heard sad stories all my life

But none so sad as this

A mile from shore a storm came forth

And stirred that black abyss

The gallant ship spun one time around

She prayed forgive me please

Too late, too late said the devils first mate

Your soul belongs to the seas

Now I am not a man of word

Or one of great discern

There are many lessons that we're taught

And so few that we learn

But I can say without regret

To keep you safe from wrath

Content yourself with your circumstance


Be happy with the life you have