This Ship’s Going Down lyrics

[Verse 1]
A gargantuan hole in the bow
Will the ocean to enter allow
Oh, what more of a sin than letting it in?
It's letting our good fortune out
The nest to the storm did succ*mb
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

[Verse 2]
Love letters from under his bed
Holds a cabin boy over his head
A futile try to keep it dry what tears have already wet
They were penned 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

[Chorus]
'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
[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
'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

[Verse 4]
I was sinking down into the brine
When a curious sight caught my eye
Seaman Shaft had found him a raft
And was making 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
[Chorus]
'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!