If you search for temptresses,
They're never hard to find -
There are even sirens out at sea...
They employ such ruthlessness
That their singing is designed
To force you to forego the will to be

Odyssey: a trip around the world -
A journey crossing oceans blue
On the sea, adrift, with sails unfurled
It's lonely, so you need a crew...

In regards to waging war,
It's hardly civilized -
Even over matters of the heart
But when the Fairest Of Them All
Is just snatched before your eyes
You'd best believe that's when the fighting starts

Honestly, I know it sounds absurd -
Warring over women's crude
Honestly, it might have been deterred
If Helen had been fairly wooed

Must I ever suffer? Will my journey end?
Will my dear Penelope e'er see my face again?
Do I stand a chance, now she's pursued by other men?
Ah, woe! Ah, woe...

Once you've won a war you've waged,
And all the fighting's done
You foresee returning home in days
But Scyllas and Charybdises
(and those sirens from Verse One)
Cause obstacles and unforeseen delays

Odyssey: a trip around the world -
A journey crossing oceans blue
Odyssey: my tale in Homer's words
And mostly, sort of, all untrue