[Verse 1]
Marilyn Monroe was so tired
She was so tired, she was so tired
She's a city girl lost in the field of rye
And you see what she has done

[Chorus]
And now she's out on a boat on the ocean
Turning around and around
Sail for a dress and her hand on her breast
Out on the rolling sea
Out on the rolling sea

[Verse 2]
John Wayne was so sick
He was so thick, he was up a creek
He was a cowboy lost in a long steel hall
And you see what he has done

[Chorus]
Now he's out on a boat on the ocean
Turning around and around
Lashed to the mast and free at last
Out on the rolling sea
Out on the rolling sea
[Verse 3]
Elvis Presley was so fat
They gave him all that just to stand pat
There's a jaguar lost in a living room
See what he has done

[Chorus]
Now he's out on a boat on the ocean
Turning around and around
The dolphins gather to hear him moan
Out on the rolling sea
Out on the rolling sea

[Bridge]
And will you rock the boat, Mr. Presley?
Will you let us see it, Miss Monroe?
Will you save us, Mr. Wayne, sir?
We've come so far to go back alone
And we've come so far

[Verse 4]
And all the long ships are sailing away
With one little candle to light the way
Until they come to a place where the sun goes down
And they all start turning around
They all start turning around
They all start turning around