Sailor Lyrics

You ain't gonna get me honey no way
Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain 
Escaping from my wedding day 
I heard the bells ringing in the local church 
the ceremony's nearly under way 
Telegrams came and the cheap champagne 
Was driving everybody out of their brains 
But I convinced my best friends I lost my nerve 
and I pleaded I was being framed 

"Sailor show me which way to go" 
I screamed out loud 
"Sailor show me which way to go" 

Such a deadly silence 
due to my defiance 
the wedding ground to a halt 
Said I changed my mind 
ain't no use in your trying 
so her brother punched me in the throat 
her mother got hysterical 
the bitch was cynical father's in the corner drunk 
Picking myself off the floor 
I ran to the door 
damned if I was skippin' on my way 

"Sailor show me which way to go" 
You should have heard the noise 
Said "Sailor show me which way to go" 

So keep clean girlie 
find a man that's truly gonna love you 
from dusk till dawn 
Keep your front door key 
don't give him up for me 
'cause tomorrow I may be gone 
You see, your would be keepers  
. . . all night creepin' 
nobody gonna change in there 
Who thinks a marriage life should be like a dog's life 
so let's renew it when the year runs out 

Sailor show me which way to go 
Sailor show me which way to go