[00:27.362]Ali was a sailor's son
[00:31.991]Joined the merchant fleet at twenty-one
[00:36.662]Dreams of ports in distant lands
[00:41.158]A bag of figs and some low-grade heroin
[00:55.390]As the years rolled by at sea
[00:59.721]Ali thought about his destiny
[01:04.405]Tired of the sailor's life
[01:08.930]Ali thought he'd find himself a wife
[01:13.531]Lisbon, Guangzhou, Taipei, Bandung,
[01:18.112]Naples, Brunei, Capetown, Shanghai,
[01:22.816]Bangkok, Pusan, Dublin, Luzon,
[01:27.424]Lima, Dakar, Cypress, Malta
[02:18.236]Sometimes things aren't what they seem
[02:22.851]Late one night our sailor had a dream
[02:27.506]A queen of Indonesian lore
[02:32.088]A voice he'd loved a thousand years or more
[02:36.737]Lisbon, Guangzhou, Taipei, Bandung,
[02:41.288]Naples, Brunei, Capetown, Shanghai,
[02:45.964]Bangkok, Pusan, Dublin, Luzon,
[02:50.557]Lima, Dakar, Cypress, Malta
[03:13.921]When the typhoon struck at dawn
[03:18.299]Ali had his finest civvies on
[03:23.061]All the crew were cramped below
[03:27.475]And with a smile into the sea he dove
[03:32.141]Lisbon, Guangzhou, Taipei, Bandung,
[03:36.783]Naples, Brunei, Capetown, Shanghai,
[03:41.443]Bangkok, Pusan, Dublin, Luzon,
[03:45.966]Lima, Dakar, Cypress, Malta