Give me rum To while away All these dreadful days And I will sing I will sing Of you To everyone Give me peace of mind And give me the time and day Till the noxious shades that hold sway Over my thoughts dissipate Till my reason, my rhyme Find their way back I'm blind Grinding my knuckles against the reef Sing my blood to the ocean tide Oh! I know I shouldn't fall asleep in the snow And this canvas looks so inviting And my dreams are beckoning Oh! I know Nothing's like it used to be But these gnarled arms and lit barns Minarets, mink farms All seem so familiar to me Could have sworn I was here In some loveless fantasy So give me rum To isolate My thoughts from the same And we'll cruise Through these blues On all the streets of the sea And give me peace of mind And give me the time and day Till the noxious shades that hold sway Over my thoughts dissipate Till my reason, my rhyme Find their way back I'm blind Oh! Grinding my knuckles against the reef Sing my blood to the ocean tide Oh! Oh! Oh! I know I shouldn't fall asleep in the snow And this canvas looks so inviting And my dreams are beckoning Oh! Oh! Oh! I know Nothing's like it used to be But these gnarled arms and lit barns Minarets, mink farms All seem so familiar to me Could have sworn I was here In some loveless loveless loveless fantasy