on the seven seas there was a phantom ship acoming 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 doctor let me teach 'em I just wanna please 'em now 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 doctor let me teach 'em I just wanna please 'em now 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 sein' 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 doctor let me teach 'em I just wanna please 'em now doctor let me teach 'em I just wanna please 'em now