[Verse 1]

I lost my memory today the day my ship set sail

Atlantic Seaboard east to India

The Seven Seas East India Company

Past the Cape of Good Hope, but there's no hope for me

[Bridge]

I can't keep living like this no more

I can't keep living like this

I can't keep living like this no more

Oh can't you see you're losing me

Again?

[Verse 2]

Tried to break India's back, but she broke the back of me

It was a painful sight, at least to me

I see the ghost is riding out, the ghost of India Supreme

Under the Seven Seas, I hear they're galloping

[Bridge]

I can't keep living like this no more

I can't keep living like this

I can't keep living like this no more

Oh can't you see you're losing me

Again?

[Outro]

By hook or by crook, I am the captain of this line

By hook or by crook, I am the captain of this line

By hook or by crook, I am the captain of this line

By hook or by crook, the captain of the line