I left my captain's hat at home
There's no pirates I can dodge or islands to explore
Just some plain folks who don't mind
The sound of screaming children and drinking too much vodka the line

And oh I sing
No way to change what's been said and done
I've set my own course and I'll try to carry on

On my days off from my ship
I sail the windy streets of Stockholm
Captain of the great ?
It's first breakfast with the king
Recount the month's adventures and divvy up the treasures that I bring

But oh I sing
No way to change what's been said and done
I've set my own course and I'll try to carry on
So back and forth I go on this Baltic sea
Waiting for a whale to come and rescue me hey, hey
and I hear them sing:
oh let's all toast to the ones we love
to old friends and to Viking blood
Oh we sing all night to the brig Svea
And I'll just bide my time
Steer the Silja line