Next time out to sea   Bring enough soul to bury me   For I don't want my final jig   In a belly of a squid      Next time out to sea   Bring enough soul to bury me   For I don't want my final jig   In a belly of a squid      Take my trousers take my shirt   Just give me that sweet dirt   For the water's cold and grim   And I never did learn to swim      No her love never set me free   So I set off for the ocean   Now in my dreams she comes to me   Whispering of peace      But I've known since the day   That we sailed for Santiago   Her dry embrace would kiss my face   No never, no more      The sea is a cruel mistress   The sea is a cruel mistress      Many moons to the day   That I threw her love away   Now every whale spouts, "Go to hell"   As the wind laughs in my face      I've grown harder on the eyes   And salty to the taste   My pride has gone with the wake   As I wait a cold wet grave      I rose to the smell   Of a wet desert hell   And I thought to myself   How'd I wind up in this jail      Till a voice called to me   From deep within the sea   Dry your eyes my dear fisherman   Your ass belongs to me      The sea is a cruel mistress   The sea is a cruel mistress      The earth will rest my bones   Lord I know, Lord I know   But I'll see you when I get home   From the cold, yeah from the cold      No her love never set me free   So I set out for the ocean   Now in my dreams she comes to me   Whispering of peace      But I've known since the day   That we sailed for Santiago   Her dry embrace would kiss my face   No never, no more      The sea is a cruel mistress   The sea is a cruel mistress      Next time out to sea   Bring enough soil to bury me   For I don't want my final jig   In the belly of a squid      Next time out to sea   Bring enough soil to bury me   For in my dreams she comes to me   Whispering of peace      Next time out to sea   Bring enough soil to bury me   For I don't want my final jig   In the belly of a squid