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Upon The My Oh My Lyrics
The decks were stacked The wind blew low,
The wind blew high The stakes were low,
The stakes were high Upon the My-O-My
Hands low, hands high, Ho-ho-ho, hi-hi-hi
Hands low, hands high Upon the My-O-My
How was I to know she was so shy Upon the My-O-My
Across the light, across the night
You can hear the Captain's cry
Hands low, hands high Upon the My-O-My
Got to make her roll, got to make her fly
Upon the My-O-My
Now tell me, good Captain How does it feel
To be driven away from your own steering wheel
Upon the My-O-My
The wind blew high The stakes were low,
The stakes were high Upon the My-O-My
Hands low, hands high, Ho-ho-ho, hi-hi-hi
Hands low, hands high Upon the My-O-My
Across the light, across the night
You can hear the Captain's cry
Hands low, hands high Upon the My-O-My
Got to make her roll, got to make her fly
Upon the My-O-My
Now tell me, good Captain How does it feel
To be driven away from your own steering wheel
Upon the My-O-My
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sepultura1987 On Oct 01, 2011
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"Got to make her move" - isn't it?
I think if this means anything, it's Don arguing with himself about how he'd abdicated control of his music (been driven away from his steering wheel), under the influence of his new manager, and of his own confused desire to make a record commercial enough to please the mutinous band, and make a "love song" record for his wife.
I think the "My Oh My" is the name of a ship or boat, and it's being tossed by a storm.
Perhaps the My Oh My is what the words suggest, a state of impressive surprise which the singer is attempting to navigate as one might try to navigate rough water on a ship. The last line might suggest that the surprise impression is powerful enough to drive the ship's captain from his own steering wheel.