Now, modern ships carry mighty fine gear And away, get away, you shanty manIt's in a hard form and it's a year And they've got no use for a shanty manSlick new fittings are all your style And away, get away, you shanty manAll very clever, but they just ain't right And they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty manLevers to pull and buttons to press And away, get away, you shanty manReal-life sails, you need them less And they've got no use for a shanty manFloating computer, dressed as a ship And away, get away, you shanty manSkippered and crewed by a microchip And they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty manSoon they'll be sailing by remote control And away, get away, you shanty manThat'll be pleasing for the owner's soul And they've got no use for a shanty manSend the ships from dock to dock And away, get away, you shanty manWhile Santa Panaross is in an office block And they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty manNo fangle gears, no use to you And away, get away, you shanty manWhen you're off Cape Horn with your fizzies blue And they've got no use for a shanty manThen's the time you rue the day And away, get away, you shanty manYou sent your shanty man away And they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty manA sailor's life once was hard And away, get away, you shanty manAll laid out aloft on a top-sell yard And they've got no use for a shanty manNow it don't matter if the wind blow high And away, get away, you shanty manYou can take force ten with your feet still dry And they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty manListen that night that you might hear And away, get away, you shanty manA ghostly sound on a cool night air And they've got no use for a shanty manWas it a ghost from a distant past? And away, get away, you shanty manOr just a breeze in a radar mask And they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty manShanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man?Sing you a song of a world gone wrong When they've got no use for a shanty man