Lyrics: Flying Dutchman
Album: Stormwatch
Artist: Jethro Tull
 

Old lady with a barrow; life near ending
Standing by the harbour wall; warm wishes sending
Children on the cold sea swell —
Not fishers of men —
Gone to chase away the last herring:
Come empty home again.
So come all you lovers of the good life
On your supermarket run —
Set a sail of your own devising
And be there when the dutchman comes.
Wee girl in a straw hat: from far east warring
Sad cargo of an old ship: young bodies whoring
Slow ocean hobo — ports closed to her crew
No hope of immigration — keep on passing through.
So come all you lovers of the good life
Your children playing in the sun —
Set a sympathetic flag a-flying
And be there when the dutchman comes.
Death grinning like a scarecrow — flying dutchman
Seagull pilots flown from nowhere — try and touch one
As she slips in on the full tide
And the harbour-master yells
All hands vanished with the captain —
No one left, the tale to tell.

So come all you lovers of the good life
Look around you, can you see?
Staring ghostly in the mirror —
It’s the dutchman you will be
..floating slowly out to sea
In a misty misery.