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Ali was a sailor's son |
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Joined the merchant fleet at twenty-one |
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Dreams of ports in distant lands |
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A bag of figs and some low-grade heroin |
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As the years rolled by at sea |
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Ali thought about his destiny |
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Tired of the sailor's life |
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Ali thought he'd find himself a wife |
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Lisbon, Guangzhou, Taipei, Bandung, |
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Naples, Brunei, Capetown, Shanghai, |
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Bangkok, Pusan, Dublin, Luzon, |
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Lima, Dakar, Cypress, Malta |
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Sometimes things aren't what they seem |
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Late one night our sailor had a dream |
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A queen of Indonesian lore |
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A voice he'd loved a thousand years or more |
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Lisbon, Guangzhou, Taipei, Bandung, |
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Naples, Brunei, Capetown, Shanghai, |
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Bangkok, Pusan, Dublin, Luzon, |
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Lima, Dakar, Cypress, Malta |
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When the typhoon struck at dawn |
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Ali had his finest civvies on |
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All the crew were cramped below |
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And with a smile into the sea he dove |
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Lisbon, Guangzhou, Taipei, Bandung, |
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Naples, Brunei, Capetown, Shanghai, |
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Bangkok, Pusan, Dublin, Luzon, |
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Lima, Dakar, Cypress, Malta |