Well, I?ve drunk to drown, on every ocean I?ve been   Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim   Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen?s land   Well, I drank with the Sultan, down the Suez Canal      'Cause every dog has its day   Like every woman, she gets her own way   And if there?s a ship that sails tonight   I?ll captain that too, just to be there with you      Well, there was old Jerry Rooney, who was mad as a mule   Spillblood Maloney had a head like one too   That night on the bridge, with my shovel in hand   Well, he threatened to kill me, for sure he picked the wrong man      'Cause every dog has its day   Like every woman, she gets her own way   And if there?s a ship that sails tonight   I?ll captain that too, just to be there with you      Well, there was mutiny in Lagos   Aboard the mean ship Skondi   Ten or twelve days in prison   Till the bastards set me free, McCluskey you?re free      'Cause every dog has its day   Like every woman, she gets her own way   And if there?s a ship that sails tonight   I?ll captain that too, just to be there with you      Now I love the sea and she wants me back   So I leave this ol? harbor, with the wind at my back   Goodbye Mother Theresa, I hope the kids settle down   I must head for the Chinas, pray to God, I don?t drown      For every dog has its day   Like every woman, she gets her own way   And if there?s a ship that sails tonight   I?ll captain that too      'Cause every dog has its day   Like every woman, she gets her own way   And if there?s a ship that sails tonight   I?ll captain that too      Too, down just to be there with you   Just to be there with you   And just to be there with you   Just to be there with you   Just to be there with you