Tom Russell - Sterling hayden

Sterling ^DHayden on a barge in ^GAmsterdam One of those ^Dbackwater Dutch cana^Als A ^Dbottle of Johnny Walker be^Gtween his legs Drunk^A but articulate as ^Dhell

He was saying, "Yeah, I ratted on people ^Gduring the McCarthy Era, huh, yah ^D You haven't the foggiest notion of ^Athe contempt I feel for myself ^D Maybe that's why we ^Gdrink, huh? (hiccup) ^ASome damn thing, shipwrecks the ^Dheart"

Sterling Hayden on a three-masted ^Gschooner Kidnapped his ^Dkids and sailed 'round the ^Aglobe But a ^Dman can sail around in one big ^Gcircle And not es^Acape his wounded sailor's ^Dsoul

So, heave her up the ^Gmainsail, boys ^DHeave her up and away we ^Ago We're ^Dbound for the ^D7bay where the ^Gwhite whales ^Eplay On the ^Amidnight straits of ^DJericho And if ever I return, Pretty ^GPeggy O All your ^Dcities I will burn^A, yeah, I would With your ^Dcardboard ^D7sea and your paper ^Gmoon ^E Over the ^Apenny arcade called Holly^Dwood

You ran ^Dguns through the German lines in ^GWorld War Two The Viking ^DGod stood six-feet-^Afive Played in '^DJohnny Guitar' and 'The Asphalt ^GJungle' 'The Killing'^A and 'The Long Good^Dbye'

I saw him once on the Johnny ^GCarson show ^DLate in his troubled ca^Areer He said,^D "Just give me a room overlooking the ^GHudson, yah With a typewriter and a mattress,^A I'll write you a helluva novel, my ^Ddears"

So here's to all the tough ^Gguy actors And the ^Dfalse gods who made '^Aem And wher^Dever he sails tonight on the ^GSeven Seas May the ^Alord sail with Sterling ^DHayden

So, heave her up my ^Gbully boys ^DHeave her up and away we ^Ago We're ^Dbound for the ^D7bay where the ^Gwhite whale ^Eplays In the ^Amidnight straits of ^DJericho And if ever I return, Pretty ^GPeggy O All your ^Dcities I will burn^A, yeah, I would With your ^Dcardboard ^D7sea and your paper ^Gmoon ^E Over the ^Apenny arcade called Holly^Dwood, yeah ^G Heave her up ^D Heave her ^Gup my bully boys ^{D G D}