Like rusty old nails at the bottom of the sea Telling no tales, for the good of the admiralty You jump when you're told to through the open door And the King of Norway, he's the man you all died for
On this, Jacob's ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's ladder
And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain
A thousand lifetimes, left standing at the docks In the bar down in Whitehall, they're sure the boat won't rock In a file marked secret's in a drawer kept closed Nobody wonders because nobody knows
On this Jacob's ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's ladder
And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain
And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain
On this Jacob's ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown
On this Jacob's ladder The only way up is down Three days in the water Watching all the secrets drown Jacob's ladder
Sooner or later We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver Sooner or later We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver Sooner or later