Chumbawamba - The Good Ship Lifestyle Lyrics






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This is the Good Ship Lifestyle
All my friends jumped ship
I elect me the captain
This is the loneliest voyage
I've ever been on
Up in the crow's nest -
Over there! I see land!
First mate? There is no First Mate...
This is the Good Ship Lifestyle

Sail away from the world [x2]

[CHORUS]
So steer a course
A course for nowhere
And drop the anchor
My little Empire
I'm going nowhere (This is the Good Ship Lifestyle) [x4]

This is the Good Ship Lifestyle
I fly my very own flag
TV dinners for one
At the captain's table
Repel all the boarders!
Draw the curtains tighter!
Where's the crew? There is no crew...
This is the Good Ship Lifestyle

Sail away from the world [x2]

[CHORUS x2]





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  1. C.... A....

    Still good in 2020!

  2. R.... H....

    I found this song back around 2012 and put this and several other surprises off this album onto my mp3 player. No one was playing this, no one had ever heard it before. Too bad corporate radio censors use from music. How ironic.

  3. B.... ....

    1:19 そして 離婚🎶

  4. R.... E....

    She said she was good but too good for the shipped lifestyle to board the devil's boat. So she dropped an anchor...

    Mary said fall Mary.

  5. R.... N....

    This was my first CD ever. Love this band.

  6. w.... ....

    very apt now!

  7. S.... ....

    At 1:03 the "narrator" says that "there is no first mate". A mate can be an officer on a ship, but it can also be a friend, or someone you mate with. He has - and maybe never had - a first mate.

    Could it be that this guy is a virgin?

  8. I.... M....

    One of my favourite since long long time ago..

  9. P.... D....

    Hello I'm italian I can Read and speak English but really I didnt get the meaning of this fabolous song. Ive listened it 3000 times owning the original cd since 1997 (I was 20 back then) please in brief explain me the concept of this song. Thanks.

    P.... D....

    http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/54487/

  10. T.... ....

    Crew?? There is no crew!

    T.... ....

    aye there is.. nae ships engineer EVER leave's his post... so pass that doobie capn'. you dont need no first mate tho'.. i've got a wrench.. you'll find that a lot more useful.. and.. i'll be in the engine-room. :D

  11. D.... T....

    Should have been a single.

  12. H.... s....

    This is the goodship lifestyle...
    This is the goodship lifestyle...
    This is the goodship lifestyle...this is the goodship lifestyle...turururu...

  13. D.... M....

    I love how this one-man-crew is in the crow's nest, dropping anchor, and steering the ship

    D.... M....

    Daniel Milimuka 2:08 (Right) 1 man is gonna repel all boarders trying to steal, or board his boat!

    D.... M....

    and now we have sea of thieves ;)

    D.... M....

    I take it as a metaphor for his life.

  14. c.... ....

    in some respects, this song is like something that the Gorillaz could have written...
    conceptually speaking, The Goodship Lifestyle is an extremely interesting track. you could say it was ahead of it's time in several ways. mostly through the arrangement and layering of different themes, tonal shifts, and varied instrumentation. this appeals to me much more than the radio hit 'Tubthumping'

    c.... ....

    Tubthumping is a great song, you just hate it because you got jaded to it when it was a fad.

    c.... ....

    MrWolfSnack It's good for short bits, but overall its repetitiveness is a lot more grating than the other tracks, possibly because it was so popular but also I think because it's not that great to begin with. Great is subjective though, I'm not trying to talk you out of liking it. But it's not technically that impressive or moving or anything that I would call great myself.

    c.... ....

    cmz8706 that’s experimental rock for you

    c.... ....

    Personally, I only own this cassette because of the song Tubthumping, although I quite liked the entire album after listening to it.

    c.... ....

    Good ship lifestyle will always be the best track on that entire album.

  15. c.... r....

    I Will sue All NyPd Who know about whenI went to Jail and Watched The City Now IT is Permanent I only COiunt Occupy Thanks => FingerPrint Das /ur in  ME 16669 666 MAGghi2015 (._) 

  16. D.... ....

    the bleakness vs the rock has an odd contrast, if this song kept the rock going the whole way though it would have been an epic song in the punk song in most punk communities. 

    D.... ....

    It's a dark, bleak—naive but still clever—song about self-absorption, pride, and denial. The rock interludes are mechanisms for juxtaposition that punctuate the (character's) oblivious momentum and energy. It's not a punk song at all. To be fair, though, most "punks" haven't the faintest idea of what they stand for or against anyway - so you're probably still correct.

    D.... ....

    Ovar analyzing art should be a sin.

  17. M.... ....

    I just played this CD album yesterday, and it makes me sad that they only play the top hits on mainstream radio...because this song is so awesome, and it's never played on radio stations anywhere.

    M.... ....

    Agreed. Tubthumping is a great song, but they overplayed it... and there were SO MANY great songs on the album... this one is my favorite on the album.

    M.... ....

    Right?! My friend and I picked up a promo copy from a thrift store, and popped this in expecting to laugh. We were not expecting this...

    M.... ....

    Deserves a bad ass metal remake hahaha

    M.... ....

    @Donald Record perhaps I will do just that

    M.... ....

    one by one is the best song on this album!

  18. r.... ....

    This was my song when I was 16-17

    r.... ....

    Same here. My husband had it on the car stereo and I was like "Turn that bitch up!!! This is this Good Ship Lifestyle!!!"

    r.... ....

    Me too!

    r.... ....

    I meant the actual lyrics.

    r.... ....

    master electrician and BLM etc mesa state college went in middle school

  19. U.... ....

    Tubthumping just got massively overplayed. It was and still is a fantastic song.

  20. A.... A....

    Ok thank you for taking the time to answer me, I was just curious.

    A.... A....

    cain stars in the writting, not the castle

  21. A.... A....

    You have the album but you listen too it on youtube. Why? I'm not hating just curious.

    A.... A....

    Adrian Abel Me I have it on cassette, not the best quality

    A.... A....

    Because it requires me getting up and digging through CD's when I can just add all the songs to a playlist here, while I work.

  22. H.... S....

    first mate? there is no first mate! this is the good ship lifestyle

  23. M.... G....

    I have all of thier stuff. It's a shame corporate radio and studios are so into the immediate hits. They miss great music. youtube has preserved and introduces some truly great music and musicians. Mary, Mary is my favorite off this album.

  24. T.... ....

    FUCK YOU COPY RIGHT

  25. G.... F....

    I remember I only bought this album in 1997 because of Tubthumping, little did I know that I was in for one of the best albums i've ever heard in my life.

    G.... F....

    Ditto-love One By One

    G.... F....

    People still don't realize h ow good of an album it is. A hidden gem of the 90s.

  26. q.... ....

    I always thought this was the best song.

    q.... ....

    what happened?

  27. B.... ....

    @Vaiplayszappa Fuckin A, it's good to see some people appreciatre the whole album and acknowledge the unique musicianship beyound "Tubthumping." Respect, mate!

  28. B.... ....

    @WeAreLegion00110 *whether, rather

  29. B.... ....

    I would call this album underrated, there's only 2 tracks I wasn't too fond of, but Tubthumper has some resonating jams, where people know it or not.

  30. J.... E....

    @Vaiplayszappa same here! everyone was listening to tubthumping and i was like.. this ALBUM is fantastic!

  31. J.... ....

    I remember getting this CD and Goldeneye N64 for Christmas in 97. This album is just as good as I remember it 14 years ago.

    J.... ....

    Jesus, you made this comment in 2011. Damn, it's 2018 now, and the memories still hold true.

    J.... ....

    Same, I got my first boombox with CD player and this album (My first) was in my stocking😀😀

    J.... ....

    22 years ago now

  32. R.... T....

    first album I purchased

  33. E.... ....

    The info, at 4:11 - [They come up with a flimsy excuse, by saying, "It's the public or the union; The Law." We know. We've been outside the law for twelve months now; the law says we must cross the picket line, we didn't cross the picket line.] -- "I feel like you can only be trodden on so much before you start fighting Back." - To all the people who just don;t get it, listen to the parts between the songs on the whole album they are gold.

  34. E.... ....

    My god, love the tensed up break down part at 2:53 that culminates in the payoff at 3:14! I'm Going No Where! I'm Going Nowhere! This Song always makes me think of V For Vendetta!

  35. E.... ....

    @Vaiplayszappa I've had this album since I was 17, and I'm now 31, and it's still an epic win! You had some fuckin' cool parents to buy you an anarchist Album at 8!

  36. N.... ....

    And just like that, I'm 15 and stoned again.

  37. r.... ....

    @Vaiplayszappa this was my first tape i ever had!...i'm 21 now too an it's one of my favorite albums still!

  38. M.... ....

    ponchus violet --believe thats pontious pilate from the bible

  39. p.... ....

    @Vaiplayszappa I was 12 when it came out. not bored of it either. xDD

  40. k.... ....

    @tracemaster100 that diddn't come accross the way i wanted it to sorry. I'm just naturally a bit pedantic. After 8 years that is pretty good. It all rhymes which is quite impressive.

  41. k.... ....

    @tracemaster100 thats the start of one by one your lyrics aren't quite right though

  42. e.... ....

    its self titled

  43. T.... ....

    This is awesome!!! Ive never owned this album..... What is it called please?

  44. C.... S....

    @Teymos try permission to land by the darkness

  45. M.... ....

    awesome nostalgia

  46. T.... ....

    I can only hope that someday someone makes music to rival this album, bands have gone downhill these days...

    T.... ....

    ...said everyone ever once they got past the age of about 25.

  47. J.... k....

    @RandomGT5 SAME!!!!! I am almost convinced we will NEVER hear music like this ever again.

    J.... k....

    Jeremy k Oh, is that a challenge, mate?!

  48. J.... k....

    @BigCM06 Real talk.

  49. E.... L....

    Close your eyes in a quiet environment. Listen.

  50. A.... ....

    @craftingdreams Which brings the question, if you're a Pole... do you dance?

  51. L.... ....

    Awesome thank you for this....Thank you CHUMBAWAMBA...
    I'm going out their!!!!!

  52. K.... B....

    grew up listening to this... original amazingg music

  53. T.... M....

    Ah, this take me back to when I was 8. Back then I loved them for the kick ass songs. Now I love them for the song meanings AND that these songs STILL kicks ass!

  54. C.... B....

    Same here,he would drive me to or from school with the whole album blasting.Still know all the words to all the songs :]

  55. a.... ....

    Ive played my copy out twice since i got it new in 97. Im on my third copy :)

  56. T.... ....

    Uwielbiam tą płytę, mogę jej słuchać w kółko w nieskończoność.
    To była jedna z moich pierwszych kaset kupiona za własne pieniądze :))))

  57. C.... S....

    LOVE THIS ...its like an assorted candy box of voices and style

  58. M.... T....

    u are a god really great album i love this song

  59. e.... ....

    "Lifestylism" is the practise of wrapping yourself in a blinkered, self-perfecting, idealogically-sound cocoon :P

  60. g.... ....

    amazing song to dance to and rave to