On the seven seas there was a phantom ship a-coming,
Shinin' in the dead of night.
I heard the crew a-hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen.
But they didn't know the words
So I assumed that they was foreign.
But I heard them just the same
Oh doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em now.
I said doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em now.
I looked up in the sky there was a phantom plane a-comin'
Shinin' in the dead of night,
I heard the pilot saying
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning.
But he didn't know the words so
I suppose that it was nothing.
But I heard them just the same
Oh doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em now.
I said doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em now.
Doctor please believe me,
I know you won't deceive me,
But do these things I'm seein'
Have any hidden meaning.
It's all good entertainment and it doesn't cost a penny
So please doc, let me teach 'em,
If I can only reach 'em.
But I heard them just the same
Oh doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em now.
Doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em now.