Heave Ho from Astronaut by Alan Swanwick

Heave ho, heave ho,
On you’ve gone and on I’ll go
There are dreamers in the stars you know
Some have fallen and others glow
In a hell and heaven variety show, heave ho

Heave ho heave ho
A river of tears will fall and flow
I’ve been swept out to that sea you know
Where hearts are sunken way below
Where bad men cut the lamb’s throat
Selling folks, a way to hope
On a sea of blood our boat floats, heave ho

On we go, on we go
No one knows for sure
‘cept old man Boo, caw like a crow,
Preached like he knew,
He’s got his money on the jew,
He’s got your money on him too, heave ho

Heave ho, heave ho, did you know it was time to go?
Did your mortal light flicker so?
Did the darkness creep it’s way in slow?
There are angles in the stars you know,
The painter’s sky is full of hope
Eternal life in a brush stroke, heave ho

On we go, on we go
No one knows for sure,
‘cept old man Boo, caw like crow
Preached he know
He’s got his money on the Jew,
He’s got your money on him too, la di da di do, heave ho

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