Call Me Ishmae

call_me_ishmae.txt

[with apologies to Carly Rae Jepsen and Herman Melville]


We're on a hunt for a whale,
Too many leagues been at sail,
The endless seas like a jail,
And now we're on our way

Ahab's bent on revenge,
His every muscle is clenched,
He'd trade his soul to avenge,
And now we're on our way


His shape was growin',
Moby's hump was showin',
Now it's us he's towin',
Where you think you're going, white whale?

Hey, we just found you,
And please don't kill me,
Well here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

It's hard to shoot right,
At you, white whale,
And here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

Hey, we just found you,
And please don't kill me,
Well here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

And all the other whales,
Ahab won't chase them,
But here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?


We just don't get all the fuss,
We think that Ahab is nuts,
We all agree with Starbuck,
But still we're on our way

We should be hunting for oil,
Oh Queequeg and I toil,
We didn't know there's no spoils,
But we're on our way


His shape was growin',
Moby's hump was showin',
Now it's us he's towin',
Where you think you're going, white whale?

Hey, we just found you,
And please don't kill me,
Well here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

It's hard to shoot right,
At you, white whale,
But here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

Hey, we just found you,
And please don't kill me,
Well here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

And all the other whales,
Ahab won't chase them,
But here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?


Before you came into his life
Oh he had two legs
Yeah he had two legs
Yeah he had two real legs

Before you came into his life
Oh he had two legs
He's got a peg leg
Yeah he had two real legs


It's hard to shoot right,
At you, white whale,
And here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

Hey, we just found you,
And please don't kill me,
Well here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

And all the other whales,
Ahab won't chase them,
But here's my harpoon,
So call me Ishmae?

Before you came into his life
Oh he had two legs
Yeah he had two legs
Yeah he had two real legs

Before you came into his life
Oh he had two legs
He's got a peg leg

So call me Ishmae?