Somebody once told me Poseidon's gonna scold me
But I'm the sharpest tool in the shed
It all started, from the top, when we angered a cyclops
And he smashed some crew members' foreheads
Well, misfortune comes, and it doesn't stop comin'
Bag of winds from Aeolus and we hit the sea runnin'
Didn't make sense just to leave it alone
My crew thought as the winds blew us from home
So much to do, so much to see
So much fun while stayin' with Circe
We never knew how much time had gone by
Till we went where we would when we die
CHORUS:
Hey now, I'm an all-star
I'm Odysseus, okay?
Hey now, I'm a superstar
I'm from Ithaca, yea-yay
All that glitters we plundered
Even with my buddies six feet under
It's a hot place, and they say it gets hotter
We went down to Hades, just so we could bother
Teiresias, the prophet who's blind
Just so he could give me a piece of his mind
We saw Charybdis, the living whirlpool
And six-headed Scylla, who ate some of our fools
We were all so hungry, and dyin' of thirst
Landed on the Sun god's isle, it couldn't get worse
(REPEAT CHORUS)
(INSTRUMENTAL)
(REPEAT CHORUS, OMITTING "six feet under")
Somebody once made me so sleepy and I prayed
That my men wouldn't eat Hyperion's cows
Then I said, "Darn, just my luck," as the smell I sensed wasn't roast duck
And I knew that we were in trouble now
Well, I got sent back to see Charybdis
And I'm lucky to be here, as she missed
Swallowing me with just one gulp
And Scylla didn't chew me to a pulp
Nine days to drift, nine days at sea
Seven years of Calypso to please me
Finally, with Athena as a guide
I found the land of my pride
(REPEAT CHORUS)
All that glitters we plundered
Even with my buddies six feet under
But I'm the sharpest tool in the shed
It all started, from the top, when we angered a cyclops
And he smashed some crew members' foreheads
Well, misfortune comes, and it doesn't stop comin'
Bag of winds from Aeolus and we hit the sea runnin'
Didn't make sense just to leave it alone
My crew thought as the winds blew us from home
So much to do, so much to see
So much fun while stayin' with Circe
We never knew how much time had gone by
Till we went where we would when we die
CHORUS:
Hey now, I'm an all-star
I'm Odysseus, okay?
Hey now, I'm a superstar
I'm from Ithaca, yea-yay
All that glitters we plundered
Even with my buddies six feet under
It's a hot place, and they say it gets hotter
We went down to Hades, just so we could bother
Teiresias, the prophet who's blind
Just so he could give me a piece of his mind
We saw Charybdis, the living whirlpool
And six-headed Scylla, who ate some of our fools
We were all so hungry, and dyin' of thirst
Landed on the Sun god's isle, it couldn't get worse
(REPEAT CHORUS)
(INSTRUMENTAL)
(REPEAT CHORUS, OMITTING "six feet under")
Somebody once made me so sleepy and I prayed
That my men wouldn't eat Hyperion's cows
Then I said, "Darn, just my luck," as the smell I sensed wasn't roast duck
And I knew that we were in trouble now
Well, I got sent back to see Charybdis
And I'm lucky to be here, as she missed
Swallowing me with just one gulp
And Scylla didn't chew me to a pulp
Nine days to drift, nine days at sea
Seven years of Calypso to please me
Finally, with Athena as a guide
I found the land of my pride
(REPEAT CHORUS)
All that glitters we plundered
Even with my buddies six feet under