Take my body to the cleaners
Take my body when you go
I 'ain't no soldier, I don't got no badges
Don't got no honour, but I got soul
So when you leave me
Out in the cold
I tend to find my way
Back home
Then I'll take your treasure, your navigator
And your doctor, oh and your boat
Cause I am a fighter, oh a wind rider
All I need are the stars to guide my way
I was born dancing the hempen jig
Oh I was born dancing the hempen jig
I've died a hundred gruesome heartbreaks
And I've born a thousand shipwrecks and one
I wear my scars like I wear my mother
My guiding stars and my lost shadow
So when you take me from
My home
Just remember that
It's only flesh and bone
Go ahead and take my body to the cleaners
Take my body when you go
I was born dancing the hempen jig
Oh I was born dancing the hempen jig