Sailor junkman, unfaithful servant My lover in heaven, my brother in hell Wish you wrote better For dreamers who earthbound Are roaming the cities In search of the tale Maybe you've seem them A ghost on the stair Thankful and thankless He prays for forgiveness He loved only one time And he loved her well I will bury his broken hands That he strangled me with Oh I begged him to do it You may call it an accident And may wonder where might A vagabond drove me A motherless child You may follow him, wait for him And orphan of strangers Well maybe you've seen him Thankful and thankless He prays for forgiveness He loved only one time And he loved her well I will bury his broken hands That he strangled me with Oh I begged him to do it Yes I did Sailor junkman, wandering scavenger Tree climber walking where he goes Death to all men Who dared to put lead in his shoes Trying to keep him still Thankful and thankless He prays for forgiveness He loved only one time And he loves me Do it, come on, do it -- sucker!