Ship My Body Home

Ben Lee

Coming out of Sydney


Country music playing


Cursing all of them who stayed





In the city


I own this city


Get drunker than a poet who just got paid





And I'm finally hoping


That I'll be torn open


So that every word I say is true





The words I'm shouting


While I work it out


In case trouble takes me and I don't make it through





You have to ship my body home


Ship my body home


All I ever wanted was to finish what I started


But there's no way I could do it on my own


You have to ship my body home





Driving through the mountains


Cutting through the night time


Stopping now and then to wonder why





I left the city


The quiet city


I killed its memory just to watch it die





And I'm finally hoping


That I'll be torn open


So that every word I say is true





The words you're hearing


While I make it clear


In case trouble takes me and I don't make it through





You have to ship my body home


Ship my body home


All I ever wanted was to finish what I started


But there's no way I could do it on my own


You have to ship my body


Ship my body


Ship my body


All I ever wanted was to finish what I started


So ship my body


All I ever wanted was to finish what I started


So ship my body


All I ever wanted was


All I ever wanted was


All I ever wanted once I finished what I started


Was to ship my body home