Oh, you see what your reckless talk can do?
Don't you see what your reckless talk can do?
You can see what your reckless talk can do
I don't want no reckless talk from you

There is a ship that sails the ocean blue
There is a ship that sails the ocean blue
There is a ship that sails the ocean blue
And her name I cannot tell to you

Oh, you see what your reckless talk can do?
Don't you see what your reckless talk can do?
You can see what your reckless talk can do
I don't want no reckless talk from you

When you hear of a ship and a crew done gone
When you hear of a ship and a crew done gone
When you hear of a ship and a crew done gone
See what your rattling tongue has done

Oh, you see what your reckless talk can do?
Don't you see what your reckless talk can do?
You can see what your reckless talk can do
I don't want no reckless talk from you

That ocean's dark and the ocean's cold
That ocean's dark and the ocean's cold
That ocean's dark and the ocean's cold
So don't raffle off everything you know

Oh, you see what your reckless talk can do?
Don't you see what your reckless talk can do?
You can see what your reckless talk can do
I don't want no reckless talk from you

A clattering tongue is an awful thing
A clattering tongue is an awful thing
A clattering tongue is an awful thing
When you think of the sorrow it might bring

Oh, you see what your reckless talk can do?
Don't you see what your reckless talk can do?
You can see what your reckless talk can do
I don't want no reckless talk from you

The least little word that you might say
The least little word that you might say
The least little word that you might say
Might send a ship to a watery grave

Oh, you see what your reckless talk can do?
Don't you see what your reckless talk can do?
You can see what your reckless talk can do
I don't want no reckless talk from you

Us boys that ride this ocean blue
Us boys that ride this ocean blue
Us boys that ride this ocean blue
We don't want no reckless talk from you