Shipwreck (Baumann) - August ’03

There’s two feet of seawater and rising in the engine room.
And sir, don’t you realize the ship’s gonna capsize
It’s hurtling toward its doom.
There’s 60-knot waves crashing over the bow.
And 80-knot winds whistling against the beam.
Commander, the situation’s far more stressful than you make it seem.
I know there’s nothing you can do except to sit around here frowning.
I’m not afraid of the Soviets, sir,
But I’m scared to death of drowning.

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O Captain, my captain, the ship’s gonna sink.
We don’t stand a chance if we’re tossed in the drink.
It’s ten in the morning, but it’s dark as sin.
Our lives are over, the dying soon will begin.

Torpedo tube two is flooded along with the rest of the bow.
You always wanted to serve on a submarine you’ll get that chance now.
I’ll die as a chief engineer’s mate, I thought I’d die retired and married.
Say goodbye to my father I never knew the sea could be so scary

Chorus

Three hundred men will die as salt water fills their throats.
The Navy will make us martyrs, but they won’t miss us they’ll only miss the boat.

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