The Grateful Dead - Ship of Fools
Went to see the captain, strangest i could find
Laid my proposition down, laid it on the line
I won't slave for beggar’s pay, likewise gold and jewels
But i would slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools
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Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than i thought when i first believed you
Now i cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
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Saw your first ship sink and drown, from rocking of the boat
And all that could not sink or swim was just left there to float
I won't leave you sinking down but whoa it makes me wild
With thirty years upon my head
To have you call me child
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Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than i thought when i first beliеved you
Now i cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
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Ship of fools on a cruеl sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than i thought when i first believed you
Now i cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
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The bottles stand as empty
As they were filled before
Time there was and plenty
But from that cup no more
Though i could not caution all
I still might warn a few
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools
★ chorus ★
Ship of fools on a cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from me
It was later than i thought when i first believed you
Now i cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
★ outro ★
It was later than i thought when i first believed you
Now i cannot share your laughter, ship of fools
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Biography
Over the years the Dead released 22 recorded albums, although they were most famous for their improvisational jams at concerts, earning them a cult-like following of self-proclaimed “Dead Heads” who would follow the band from concert-to-concert throughout the band’s career.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and they’ve sold more than 40 million albums in total; all that with only one top 40 hit (“Truckin”), and one Top 10 hit (“Touch of Grey”) that came near the end of the band’s run, shortly before Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995. Grateful Dead was also ranked 57th in Rolling Stone’s “The Greatest Artists of All Time” issue in 2004 and 2005. Since then, various incarnations of the Dead have continued to tour, although a 2015 farewell tour was said to be the band’s last.
In 2015 Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann started a new group called Dead and Company with John Mayer, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, and former Dead keyboardist Jeff Chimenti which Weir has said may have a future in the studio and will continue to tour in coming years.
In 2008, The Grateful Dead named the University of California, Santa Cruz McHenry Library as the home of their complete archival history, including their recorded music, live bootlegs, and artworks. The collections are are now housed at UC Santa Cruz.