Modern ships carry mighty funny gear And away, get away, you shanty man Ain't seen a holly here for many's of a year And they got no use for a shanty man Slick new fittings are all your style And away, get away, you shanty man No very clever but it just ain't right And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong And they got no use for a shanty man Levers to pull and buttons to press And away, get away, you shanty man Real life sailors who need them less And they got no use for a shanty man Floating computers dressed up as a ship And away, get away, you shanty man Skippered and crewed by a microchip And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong And they got no use for a shanty man Soon they'll be sailing by remote control And away, get away, you shanty man That'll be pleasing for the owner's soul And they got no use for a shanty man Send the ships from dock to dock And away, get away, you shanty man Whales sat upon their asses on an office block And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong And they got no use for a shanty man Newfangled gear's no use to you And away, get away, you shanty man When you're off Cape Horn and your face is blue And they got no use for a shanty man Then's the time you rue the day And away, get away, you shanty man You sent your shanty man away And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong And they got no use for a shanty man A sailor's life at once was hard And away, get away, you shanty man While you're laid out aloft on a top seal yard And they got no use for a shanty man Now it don't matter if the wind blow high And away, get away, you shanty man You can take force 10 with your feet still dry And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong And they got no use for a shanty man Listen at night and you might hear And away, get away, you shanty man A ghostly sound on a cool night air And they got no use for a shanty man Was it a ghost from a distant past? And away, get away, you shanty man Or just a breeze in the radar mat? And they got no use for a shanty man Shanty man, oh, shanty man Who's got a birth for a shanty man? Sing you a song of a world gone wrong And they got no use for a shanty man