Cabaco

Lyrics

SAILOR 1

(Whispers)

HIST!    HIST!

ALL

CABACO, CABACO, CABACO

SAILOR 1

HIST, HEY CABACO, DID YOU HEAR WHAT THERE MIGHT BE

IN THE STEERAGE?

HEY, IT’S SOMETHING QUEERAGE.

NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHO THERE MIGHT BE IN THE HOLD,

HIDING OUT WITHOUT A SOUL.

PHANTOMS ON THE PEQUOD?

WE ALL WANT TO KNOW –

SAILORS, CHORUS

WANT TO KNOW, ARE THERE PHANTOMS IN STOW?

WANT TO KNOW, WANT TO KNOW,

ARE THERE PHANTOMS IN STOW?

WANT TO KNOW!

SAILOR 3

PASS THE BUCKET NOW,

DOWN THE HATCH IT GOES.

SAILOR 2

WHAT DO I HEAR?

SAILOR 3

NO MORE THAN YOU.

SAILOR 2

SCUTTLEBUTT NEWS.

SAILORS, CHORUS

MADNESS ENSUES!

CABACO, THERE’S NO SIGHT OF SHORE, MADNESS ALL ABOARD.

CABACO, THERE’S NO SIGHT OF SHORE, MADNESS ALL ABOARD!

ABOARD IS MADNESS, ABOARD IS MADNESS.

SAILOR 2

WE’VE GOT OURSELVES, DON’T DESPAIR

THE NIGHT IS DARK, WHO IS THERE?

SAILORS, CHORUS

A STORM IS COMING. A STORM IS COMING.

A STORM IS COMING DOWN FROM UNDER

(Spoken)

Look out!

INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE

DREAM SEQUENCE

AHAB

ON MY VERY BONE, LIKE WALKING ON A STONE, I STEER THE SEVEN SEAS.

MOBY

MY LIFE, MY OCEAN, ALL MY DEEPNESS STAYS INSIDE.

AHAB

I’M GENTLE, I’M CARING, THE CREW KNOWS, I’M SHARING, WHATEVER’S LEFT WHEN WE COLLIDE!

MOBY

IN WATER I WEIGH NOTHING, YOU COME TO STEAL MY STUFFING, TO LIGHT AND PAY YOUR WAY.

AHAB

MY LIFE, MY OCEAN, ALL MY DEEPNESS STAYS INSIDE.

MOBY

YOU CHASE ME.

AHAB

I FOLLOW.

MOBY

I’M HUNGRY, I SWALLOW, THE SOUP DU JOUR IS SERV’D ALL DAY.

INSTRUMENTAL

MOBY

THEY CHASE ME.

AHAB

I FOLLOW, I’M HUNGRY,

MOBY

I SWALLOW!

AHAB MOBY

THE SOUP DU JOUR IS SERV’D ALL DAY.       THE SOUP DU JOUR IS SERV’D 

ALL DAY.

AHAB

REMEMBER WHEN, TWO LEGS WERE THEN, I WAS A MAN OF MEN.

MOBY

REMEMBER WHEN, FROM HEAD TO TAIL, I HAD NO WOUNDS, NO BLOODY MAIL.

AHAB

I USED TO WALK AS OTHER MEN, AN IVORY MAN NO MORE.

MOBY

I SWAM WITH EASE, NATURE’S OWN TRAPEZE, ALL THE SEVEN SEAS WERE MY OWN.

AHAB

REMEMBER WHEN, REMEMBER WHEN, WE WERE IMMORTAL THEN.

MOBY

MY LIFE, MY OCEAN, ALL MY    
DEEPNESS STAYS INSIDE. 
IN WATER YOU ARE NOTHING,
ANOTHER FISH WITH STUFFING,
I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
IN WATER YOU ARE NOTHING,
ANOTHER FISH WITH STUFFING,
I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND.

END DREAM

SAILOR 1

(Whispers)

HIST, HEY CABACO, DID YOU HEAR? HIST, HEY CABACO, DID YOU HEAR?

SAILORS, CHORUS

SPIRIT SPOUT, ALL ABOUT, THERE’S NO DOUBT! FIND THE GREAT WHITE WHALE.

END OF ACT ONE