Lyrics:

It was thirty days around the horn

The captain says it's thirty-five more

The moon looks mean the crew ain't staying

There's gonna be some blood

Is what they're all saying

It's a shakedown cruise

And I was just another tool

There ain't no easy way out

They're gonna shake you 'til you shout



They treat you like a dog

But you're only human

You miss your home Lord,

You miss that woman

The captain laughs he says,

'You boys want some sex?'

You can squeeze the sails,

You can lick the decks

It was a shakedown cruise

I guess I just was born to lose

They tell you life is going cheap

I got myself in pretty deep



Star light lost in the night

Drift away and it feels all right


Star light alone in the night

Drift away and it feels all right

I guess it feels all right



The fever's hot, the winds are blowin' cold

The captain's crazy eye puts the fear in your soul

I heard somebody cryin' 'Lord let this end

You know I'll never go to sea again'

It was a shakedown cruise

And now we're sendin' out the news

There ain't no victory at sea unless it's mutiny

Now if I don't get off alive

It's just as well I'll be waking up in heaven

'Cause I've been through hell on this shakedown cruise

They call it a shakedown cruise

Shakedown, shakedown cruise

Shakedown, shake it up and move

Shakedown, shakin' in my shoes