Cruel Mistress Lyrics - Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly

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 I don't want my final jig in the 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 

Yeah 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 on 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 

Yeah 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 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 

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