Well sweetness, I love it when you wrap me up

I'm a drowning man for the third time

Twenty-one gun salute in your flag of mercy

Preparing my body for a burial at sea



So put your tongue in my ear

Through this veil of tears

Whisper what's gone wrong? gone wrong?

The world, the world she's a Babylon



Coming in from the coast it's a bad nor'easter

Waves banging rocks with migraine vengeance

Build up the tower, unlocking the secrets

The pride of man is so contentious



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This is no pleasure cruise in the South Pacific

I'm bailing ice water up to my neck

Titanic's captain said that God couldn't sink her

You might say he learned a healthy respect



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