Harpoon Bonaventure

Harpoon Bonaventure

<To Billy Joel's 'Downeaster Alexa'>

Well I'm on the Harpoon "Bonaventure"
And I'm cruising past Persephone.
I've been chartered to fly for a noble,
But tonight liquor's my company.

We sold our cargo on Jiangyin yesterday,
Picked up aluminum from Triumph on the way.
Like all the locals here my ship's my only home.
To pay the bills I work my fingers to the bone.
 
So I could own my Harpoon "Bonaventure",
And I go where the profits are slim.
There's a gold mine in chickens from Whitefall,
But you can't sell high-tech on the Rim.
 
I've got bills to pay and crew who need to eat.
I'd buy black market if I thought we'd be discreet.
They say these shipping lanes aren't what they used to be,
But I've got people in my crew who count on me.
 
So if you see my Harpoon "Bonaventure",
And you know how the business is done.
Tell my mate I am trading with Reavers,
But I promise to bring credits home.
 
Now I steer my Harpoon "Bonaventure".
Where the Black is a thing you can feel.
Since they told me there's tarriffs on Ita,
And you can't shop on Ezra for steel.
 
I used to fly with a Companion in my crew.
Got no Companion now, so what am I to do?
Cargo's expensive, but romance is often free.
Most folks'll have them an entanglement or three!
 
 

Backlink: Bonaventure 00:48, 8 November 2008 (EST)