I come old friend from hell tonight
Across the rotting sea
Nor the nails of the Cross, nor the blood of Christ
Can bring you help this eve
The dead have come
To claim a debt from thee
They stand outside your door
Four score and three

Did you keep a watch
For a dead man's wind
Did you see the woman
With the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned

You remember when the ship went down
You left me on the deck
The captain's corpse jumped up
And threw his arms around my neck
For all these years
I've had him on my back
This debt cannot be paid
With all your jack

Did you keep a watch
For a dead man's wind
Did you see the woman
With the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned

Did you keep a watch
For a dead man's wind
Did you see the woman
With the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned

And as I sit and talk to you
I see your face go white
This shadow hanging over me
Is no trick of the light
The spectre on my back
Will soon be free
The dead have come to claim
A debt from thee

Did you keep a watch
For a dead man's wind
Did you see the woman
With the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned

Did you keep a watch
For a dead man's wind
Did you see the woman
With the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned

Did you keep a watch
For a dead man's wind
Did you see the woman
With the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned