Fourteen years on a steam-pack sonny Trying to get the kit off my back Pushing Shanghai to Liverpool sonny Pissing in the wind and the flag You're kipping out in the railway station Now you've left the navy behind You're hoping just to ride Fourteen years of belligerence sonny Working from Dakar to Belise Fourteen years of Marine life, baby Trying to keep a man of your knees Your kipped out in a railway station Now you've left the navy behind You're hoping just to ride Hoping just to ride Hoping just to ride