Now once upon a time in a nursery rhyme   Three little men got lost   Like you and me they couldn't agree   And upon the wave they tossed      Well, I'll sing their tune 'cause I got marooned   With the love I can't forget   Now the three little men just took me in   On an ocean of regret      With a rub-a-dub-dub, three men in the tub   Lost on the ocean blue   I roll like a hub, sing, rub-a-dub-dub   'Cause you broke my heart in two      Well, my heart is sore and I can't reach shore   And I'm driftin' far away   From the love I had and I'm feelin' mighty bad   And I can't go on this way      Won't you throw out the line and say you're mine   And take me back again   'Cause my rudder's broke and it ain't no joke   Won't you reach and pull me in      With a rub-a-dub-dub, three men in the tub   Lost on the ocean blue   I roll like a hub, sing, rub-a-dub-dub   'Cause you broke my heart in two      Well, I knew right away there'd never come a day   When I'd reach land again   The one I 'dore on the distant shore   Is now at rainbow's end      To the three little guys, I turn my eyes   Won't you tell your names to me   Now one said Fate, one said Hate   And the other said Jealousy      With a rub-a-dub-dub, three men in the tub   Lost on the ocean blue   I roll like a hub, sing, rub-a-dub-dub   'Cause you broke my heart in two