Do you see the paper, rumor going 'round

Finally they tell us, time to close us down

It's a major story, headlines at the stand

What was once our dignity, so the men bought back

Take away the fabric, make us less than real

Never let us have the cards, don't let us deal

Deep in the city, keep the windows closed

Don't chance a chill, or mess your clothes

Have you any measure what just one of us is worth

The wind that comes to chill us off already froze the 

north



Tell me, can you feel the winter, feel it cold across 

your heart

Tell me, can you feel the winter, tearing us apart, 

tearing us apart



More than a rumor, there go the rats

It's all been said and done there is no turning back

Farewell grey angels, you chose the sea

Safe out on the waters, it's where you long to be

Have you any measure what just one of us is worth

And the wind that comes to cool us off already froze 

the north



Tell me, can you feel the winter, feel it cold across 

your heart

Tell me, can you feel the winter, tearing us apart, 

tearing us apart (rep. 2)



We're all in this together, if we're in this thing at 

all

And we don't need to feel better, when our back's 


against the wall

If it's over, then it's over

And we don't need to feel better, and our back's 

against the wall

So wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me

And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled 

sea

Yeah, wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to 

me

And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled 

sea



I hope that you can take it, I hope that you come 

through

For I know what it does to me, it does much worse to 

you

If it's over, then it's over

For I know what it does to me, it does much worse to 

you

For wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me

And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled 

sea

So wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me

And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled 

sea



More than a rumor, there go the rats

It's all been said and done there is no turning back

Farewell grey angels, you chose the sea

Safe out on the waters, it's where you long to be

Have you any measure what one of us is worth

The wind that comes to cool us off already froze the 

north