Lyrics
You'll find me drinking in the harbor
And if you have an hour till you set sail
Join an old sea dog sitting in the corner
And gather round boys and hear my tale
We were homeward bound from the far east indies
And filling up the hold in old shanghai
When a horse and a carriage they came near us
An old man and a young woman drew alongside
There are stories told of the wind and the rock
Of haunted ships that never made dock
A thousand tales of the deep and the stormy brine
But this one's mine
She was the sweetest sight, the fairest beauty
I wiped my brow I leapt ashore
He called me close and softly whispered
Young man for this one night she's yours
My shipmates stretched their eyes in wonder
As I climbed in the carriage and I rode away
Past that night in sweetest rapture
And I didn't return till the break of day
There are stories told of the wind and the rock
Of haunted ships that never made dock
A thousand tales of the deep and the stormy brine
But this one's mine
We stood by the sea as the dawn was breaking
Sadness in the old mans grey eyes
He took my arm he said now leave us
But go tell the whole world about old shanghai
On every ship some loudmouth sailor
Says it happened to him what happened to you
But for one young man in all these oceans
Well I would have made this fiction true
Forever known as a liar by all your crew
Stories told about the wind and the rock
Of haunted ships that never made dock
A thousand tales of the deep and the stormy brine
And this one's mine
