Lyrics to
Ship Of Fools

This version of Ship Of Fools was released by Bob Seger in 1976.

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“Tell me quick” said Old McFee
“What’s this all have to do with me?”
“I’ve spent all my time at sea a loner.”

“Is there something else I should know?”
“Something hidden down below the level of your conversation?”
Well he turned away before the answer
Though I yelled aloud he refused to hear
It became to clear
So it went as we put out
I was left in constant doubt
Everything I asked about seemed private

The captain strolled the bridge one night
I stopped him in the evening light
To ask him would it be all right to join him

But he stood there like some idol
And he listened like some temple
And then he turned away

All along the fateful coast
We moved silent like a ghost
The timeless sea of tireless host possessed us
The wind came building from the cold northwest
And soon the waves began to crest
Crashing cross the forward deck
All hands lost

I alone survived the sinking
I alone possessed the tools
On that ship of fools

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About Lyrics and Ship Of Fools by Bob Seger

When you decide to study the lyrics to Ship Of Fools, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Bob Seger. Some of the lyrics to Ship Of Fools have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bob Seger and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Ship Of Fools if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Ship Of Fools" means the words set to the music of Ship Of Fools, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Ship Of Fools and the lyrics to Ship Of Fools are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ship Of Fools, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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