CLUTCH- Big News III

Off the shore of Laborador
The crew labored to bilge the hold
The stern it floundered in the shoal
The bow bucked up like a bronco

The crew was strong 'til Captain called
"Throw the spermaceti o'er
Throw the spermaceti overboard, overboard"

The captain woke with sandy eyes
"Am I alone?" the old sir cried
"'tis I" he heard a bitter voice reply

"Jason Kip of Whutletown
I fear the men have all been drowned
And we two are the only to survive, to survive"

Nancy was a pretty girl
Golden hair and eyes of pearl
And she made a pretty bride
For the ancient Captain Bly
Her true love was Jason Kip
Porter on the Captain's ship

Nancy paced the widow's walk
Listening to the widow's talk
She heard "Nancy, do not weep,
The ship is late, but just a week"

"My late husband Captain Pierce
Was gone once for several years.
He returned with silk and spice
Minus one leg and his eyes"

In the end the ocean has its revenge
Whether tomorrow or 100 years

The Captain was a giant man
With miles of intestines
And a stomach larger than
The Persian Gulf

Was not 3 weeks when Bly took chase
And in his sleep untied him
And without a thought he ate him
Clean and whole, clean and whole

As the Captain licked his lips
He was spotted by a ship
Nancy truly was relieved
But for Jason how she grieved

In a carriage they rode home
Any guilt he did not show
As they sat to dine that night
He lacked any appetite

As the two lay in their bed
Captain's gut turned cherry red
With the sounds of gale-force wind
Sprung an angry Jason Kip

In the end the ocean has its revenge
Whether tomorrow or 100 years
It takes limbs and lives
And from the wives an equal ocean of their fallen tears

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[devilbeastie]

"mimimi eat a dick"..."no you suck...mimimimimi" stop acting like little girls! the band deserves better!

btw - the song truely sucks. they can do much better, as they've proofed several times.

[wretchedSTONER]

@devilbeastie - The sound quality sucks. But the song is seriously badass.....

[Rockid9040]

Big News I was the best of the Big News series.

[wretchedSTONER]

@Rockid9040 - i whole-heartedly agree..........

[wretchedSTONER]

@ohmally34 - EAT A DICK. you suck.......

[Youkaikaze]

You know, I've been listening to Clutch since 1995; have seen them a few times; have owned, what I thought was, all of their albums; and I never knew there was a Big News III. Wtf?!

[THECaptainPlanetHD]

@ohmally34 no you suck

[M32Mirach]

I got gypped! I only have the Dragonfly at the end. Three extra songs and yo don't know what you'll get til you hear it? How many bands have remained these last twenty-one years? Not many. Um...Badass.

[MaxSonkaFlare]

@VodCrack Well, yes, I know. It's completely random, and you never know.

[Napalm66]

@dellinger1000 all you need to know is Clutch is your Daddy

[VodCrack]

@MaxSonkaFlare That's actually incorrect. Big News III and 24 Earth Years were never officially released, hence why the quality isn't great on either of them. The three tracks that were the bonus tracks on the Japanese version of The Elephant Riders were Gifted & Talented, 05 and David Rose. When you buy a copy of ER, any one of these three tracks are at the end of the CD and play after The Dragonfly. My copy of ER has 05, there is no way to know what song you have until you play it.

[maxcope540]

this song is awesome. funky as hell, but it also wraps up the big news story. how badass would a big news movie be... and clutch does the score...

[MaxSonkaFlare]

@matdoomn I honestly don't know.

[reangerer]

@matdoomn Its compensation.