Whiskey on the Wake

Storm on the starboard

Cards on the crate

Captain’s gone crooked

Counting our fate

Salt in my teeth

And a scar on my knee

Swore I’d die broke

But I’d die on the sea

So raise that bottle

Boys

And break that wave

We’ll sing for the cowards that we couldn’t save

If the ocean wants my bones

Let the devil wait

I got whiskey on the wake

And I’m already late (hey!)

Galway girl’s locket hangs off my neck

Rust on the chain like the rust on this wreck

I wrote her a promise in charcoal and blood

The rain washed it clean

So I married the flood

So raise that bottle

Boys

And break that wave

We’ll sing for the cowards that we couldn’t save

If the ocean wants my bones

Let the devil wait

I got whiskey on the wake

And I’m already late (oh, row)

If I go down

Let the ropes go slack

Sing my name twice

Then don’t look back

Carve me a cross in the captain’s rail

And toast to the fools who outran the gale

So raise that bottle

Boys

And break that wave

We’ll sing for the cowards that we couldn’t save

If the ocean wants my bones

Let the devil wait

I got whiskey on the wake

And I’m already late (hey!)