This Ship's Going Down
A gargantuan hole in the bow
Will the ocean to enter allow
Oh what's more of a sin than letting it in?
It's letting our good fortune out
The nest of the storm did succumb
While the crow hid his fear in the rum
And the mast it broke and threw out the bloke and well now he's surely my chum
Love letters from under his bead
Holds a cabin boy over his head
A futile try to keep it dry what tears have already been shed
They were pinned by a girl in Merak, and the Javanese value their tact
She'll conclude he's horribly rude
Cause he's sure as hell not writing back
Because this ship's going down
All on account of the whether
Though we'll drown
There's no need to frown
Cause we're all going together
And I won't say "Woe is me"
As I disappear into the sea
Cause I'm in good company
As we're all going together
I've had women of every kind, but the only one truly was mine
Is the one at home who'll be alone when I am full-up with brine
For my son I had always a plan, for to raise him as best as I can
Oh well you can bet, my only regret is to not see him grow to a man
Cause this ship's going down
All on account of the weather
Though we'll drown
There's no need to frown
Cause we're all going together
And I won't say "Woe is me"
As I disappear into the sea
Cause I'm in good company
As we're all going together
I was sinking down into the brine, when a curious sight caught my eye
Seaman Shaft had found him a raft and was makin' a speedy goodbye
At the risk of sounding absurd, I have always been good as my word
So a fish gig, I lanced into his eye and I knocked his ass overboard
Cause this ship's going down
All on account of the weather
Though we'll drown
There's no need to frown
Cause we're all going together
And I won't say "Woe is me"
As I disappear into the sea
Oh hell!
Cause you've all been so good to me
So we're all going together