We were standing the last watch

At the close of the day

Three days on the water

Out from Thunder Bay



'Cross Superior, Huron

And into St. Clair 

On a bright day in summer

I found myself there



Dead calm on the water

As blue as the sky

And we waved from the water

As we slowly passed by



We entered Lake Erie

It was late in the day

You could see that storm coming 

From a mile away



We had all lights burning bright

All lights burning bright

We had all lights burning bright

All lights burning bright



That storm overtook us

And it fell like the night

And the Point and the Island

They passed out of sight



But we sailed on rock steady 

Set course through the storm

As the sky fell upon us

And the wind drove us on



And I thought to myself

I'd be just like this ship

If I kept my light burning

On every trip



The watch it was ended

With the turn of the night

And I wrote in that log book

All lights burning bright



We had all lights burning bright

All lights burning bright

We had all lights burning bright

All lights burning bright