Captains and Orphans Lyrics

If I were a captain, I'd go down with this ship

If I were an orphan, I'd stow away on this ship

There's no one to tell me

Which way am I going?

With the sextant and the compass, my novice is showing, baby

I was once a man, yeah I was once a man

I was once a man, now can I make you understand?

If I were a leader, I'd get lost in the dark

I'd find retribution in the belly of a shark

No one wants to tell me how they feel about me to my face

But the joke's on them, but the joke's on them

I never cared any way

I was just a man, yeah, I was just a man

I was just a man until they made me understand

Now I'm not a man, no I'm no longer a man

I can't be your man, but I can make you understand

Is there something left of you?

Is there something I can do?

Did you want to be with me or did you want to be free?

I don't want it anymore, I don't want you anymore

Don't look at me, don't look at me

If this is the ending, better leave 'em with a laugh

Something maybe uplifting, or something to collapse

You never noticed anything was wrong until I put it in another catchy song