I’d rather get repaired than get reprieved

I’d rather get somewhere than just get up and leave

I’d rather get deterred than get deceived

and I’d rather doo doo doo

I’d rather be derided than be derailed

I‘d rather be rigged up than be regaled

I’d rather be felt than be failed

and I’d rather doo doo doo

I’d rather be denied than be denuded

I’d rather be up inside than be uprooted

I’d rather be slapped than be saluted

and I’d rather doo doo doo

                   but whatever the captain says

                   he sails tomorrow

                   and whatever the beggar says

                   he means to borrow

I’d rather go south than go stale

or end up in a myth like a great white whale

I’d rather be a bucket than a pail

and I’d rather doo doo doo

I’d rather be for real than be real fine

I’d rather be drunk but not on wine

I’d rather be deferred than be defined

and I’d rather doo doo doo

I’d rather be polite than be polluted

I’d rather be well than be well suited

I’d rather be requite than be recruited

and I’d rather doo doo doo