Lyrics John Cale - Captain Hook

I lost my memory today
The day my ship set sail
Atlantic Seaboard east
To India

The Seven Seas
East India Company
Past the Cape of Good Hope
But there's no hope for me

I can't keep living like this no more
I can't keep living like this
I can't keep living like this no more
Oh can't you see
You're losing me
Again?

Tried to break India's back
But she broke the back of me
It was a painful sight
At least to me

I see the ghost is riding out
The ghost of India Supreme
Under the Seven Seas
I hear they're galloping

I can't keep living like this no more
I can't keep living like this
I can't keep living like this no more
Oh can't you see
You're losing me
Again?

By hook or by crook
I am the captain of this line
By hook or by crook
I am the captain of this line
By hook or by crook
I am the captain of this line
By hook or by crook
The captain of the line