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Ocean Liner Lyrics by Bounding Main

Going Overboard

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As I was a-fishing up in the gulf
Out on the open sea
I think of those pretty girls back on shore
And wish that they were out here with me

So step on board (step on board) the ocean liner
Step on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away

Well I made up me mind to follow the waves
Hearing of good returns
And the very next morning I found myself prawning
And me stomach it began to churn

So step on board (stеp on board) the ocean liner
Stеp on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away

Working twenty-bloody-four hours a day
With me eyes hanging out of me head
Twenty-fours hours barely making a wage
And wish that I was bloody-well dead

So step on board (step on board) the ocean liner
Step on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away

Well I'm a long way from mother up here in the gulf
A long way from family
And I'm a bloody long way from being
A ballplayer, a microscopist, a dentist
A cattle rustler, a rabbi, a boy
That me mother oh so wanted me to be

So step on board (step on board) the ocean liner
Step on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away

Well the captain's a big man, he stands so high
His head's nearly touching the rigging
And the crew they're all druggos and they're so high
I think they've left the land of the living

So step on board (step on board) the ocean liner
Step on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away

Well we're catching and shelling and sorting prawns
Till they bloody-well come out of our ears
And the cook gives me chills in more ways than one
And I think I'm on my very last run

So step on board (step on board) the ocean liner
Step on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away

Step on board (step on board) the ocean liner
Step on board without delay, me lads
Step on board, there's nothing finer
And together we'll sail away
And together we will sail away

About “Ocean Liner” by Bounding Main

Read the complete lyrics to "Ocean Liner" by Bounding Main from the album "Going Overboard". On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Sea Shanty, Pop.

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"Ocean Liner" appears on "Going Overboard".

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