There's you, you're sleeping over there 
whilst me I'm sitting here 
with so much sea between us 
I don't make it much more clear 

There'll be no time for crying 
We won't make it more than six 
I could change my plea to guilty 
but I don't think it would stick 

Still those other ratings far too easy to despise 
You've said so much in silence now I [bad word] am disguised 

Let him who fears his heart alone 
stand up and make a speech 
For him perhaps an emperor's throne 
if he could only speak 

Far too few and far to follow 
For shame I'll heed the cry 
Be with me when I need a drink 
be with me when I die 

Still those other ratings far too easy to despise 
You've said so much in silence now indeed I am disguised