Rescue Mission-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:Rescue Mission] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:Original Album Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rescue Mission - Kris Kristofferson [00:14.67]The captain touched his swagger stick [00:17.95]Up to his golden eye [00:21.54]And boogied through the vestibule [00:25.13]While bidding us goodbye [00:28.58]The enemy surrounds us [00:31.65]And our spirits almost gone [00:35.91]The Devil take the cavalry [00:38.58] [00:39.18]That sold us for a song [00:52.14] [00:54.51]There's Chi-Chi's on the starboard lads [00:57.75]And Chi-Chi's in the stern [01:00.92]And hashish in the hookah pipes [01:04.46]And bonny grass to burn [01:07.49]Our mission is a secret [01:10.94]But we're fool enough to try [01:14.26]We'll sail the bloody ocean boys [01:17.70]Or drink the bastard dry [01:21.14] [01:32.96]"If I'd've been a carpenter " the swarthy [01:37.38]Sergeant said [01:39.57]"I'd never seen this ugly thing [01:43.14]That hangs above my head [01:46.70]The hell with all your heros [01:50.10]And the wounds they hope to show [01:53.47]I'm just a simple soldier son [01:57.10]With one more year to go" [02:03.73] [02:12.40]The Albatross was tiring [02:15.24]And the cook was in a stew [02:19.00]The filthy little cabin boy [02:22.35]Was whizzing in my shoe [02:25.72]The Captain's wife was aging [02:28.74]And the first mate heard her scream [02:32.06]When Tommy slipped tabasco in the [02:35.73]Captain's vaseline [02:39.51] [02:50.77]"Our time will soon be gone " he said [02:53.86]"It's all we've left to lose [02:57.25]We've shot our ammunition [03:00.43]And we're all but out of booze [03:04.07]So here's to Irma Donegal [03:07.06] [03:07.78]Here's to Nellie Blye [03:11.15]And here's to my old friend " he said [03:14.20]And kissed his a** goodbye [03:17.38] [03:29.38]"Give off give off You sorry lot [03:32.49]Give off " the Captain cried [03:35.88]"we've lost our bloody anchor [03:38.77]And we're driftin' with the tide [03:42.50]The swollen surf is pounding [03:45.42]Like a thousand cannons roar [03:49.25]And I shake the hand of any man [03:52.67]Who guides us into shore " [03:58.03] [04:07.95]"We're saved We're saved " [04:09.68]The soldiers said [04:11.17]"We're saved " the sailors cried [04:14.89]And soldiers climbed aboard [04:17.39]While sailors left from either side [04:21.65]Some swabbies hit the minefield and [04:25.21]The rifles got the rest [04:28.26]And somewhere there's a schooner [04:31.23]Sinkin' slowly in the west