The Legend of Davy Jones (Forty Fathoms Deep)

(Instrumental)

{Verse One}
Some say he steers a spectral ship
That's ghostly, gray, and grand
He's doomed to sail the Seven Seas,
-and n'er set foot on land.

-and if you chance to see him,
You'll soon be dead with fright,
So sailors tell their children,
On a dark and stormy night...

{Chorus}
Oh, forty fathoms deep he walks,
With rusty keys,
His Locker locks,
Just like he's half-asleep, he stalks
Forty fathoms deep!

Forty fathoms deep he owns
Each sleeping sailor's
Soggy bones.
The legend they call Davy Jones,
At forty fathoms deep.

{Verse Two}
Nor'-east we sailed to Brimstone Head,
The captain, crew, and I,
At sixteen knots, we fairly flew
Beneath a darkening sky.

Atop the main mast I rode
Near ten stories high,
When up there blew an icy squall
-and overboard went I.

{Refrain Chorus}
Oh, forty fathoms deep he walks,
With rusty keys,
His Locker locks,
Just like he's half-asleep, he stalks
Forty fathoms deep!

Forty fathoms deep he owns
Each sleeping sailor's
Soggy bones.
The legend they call Davy Jones,
At forty fathoms deep.

(Instrumental)

{Verse Three}
I hold my breath
I say a prayer,
For all those mates who died,
I turn my back on Davy Jones!
-and cast my fears aside.

Raise up my head and kick my feet
-and toward the light I go,
The heartless jailer left behind,
The Locker far below.

{Refrain Chorus}
Oh, forty fathoms deep he walks,
With rusty keys,
His Locker locks,
Just like he's half-asleep, he stalks
Forty fathoms deep!

Forty fathoms deep he owns
Each sleeping sailor's
Soggy bones.
The legend they call Davy Jones,
At forty fathoms deep.