On Moby Dick there was a famous tale
And people say he was a great white whale
I guess that I seem much the same to you
When they call me Big Boy Blue

I had the finest oil known to man
Before you found your black gold in the sand
When you were young you found technology
To really have no further use for me

You took my skin and flesh and bone
To make your shoes
And stews, even glue

Oh how I wish to God the time would come
When you'll be through
With Big Boy Blue

When I could dive and leap into the sea
And no machines were quite a match for me
From nose to tail I was a hundred feet
The youngest builded giant of the deep

But now on silver wings there flies Jack Tar
His magic vision sees me from afar
He sails alongside with his land tower
And his harpoon is just his super power

You took my skin and flesh and bone
To make your shoes
And stews, even glue

Oh how I wish to God the time would come
When you’ll be through
With Big Boy Blue

And when the blood is mingling with the brine
Just cast your minds back through the sands of time
Back to the days of men with wooden boats
And sliding barrows that they used for floats

With harpoons in their hands and arms raised high
"There she blows" was their triumphant cry
Those were exciting times when men were men
And the world will never see those days again

You took my skin and flesh and bone
To make your shoes
And stews, even glue

Oh how I wish to God the time would come
When you’ll be through
With Big Boy Blue

Ooh Big Boy Blue
Big Boy Blue
Big Boy Blue