I'm Going Down With The Ship

Set sail when the water was calm as can be
Had a run in with the New York and almost lost me
Cherbourg getting smaller as we headed to sea
Unaware that we'll never see 1913

I'm going down with the ship
I'm going down with the ship
Send me down with memories of those sights I loved on the Shirley streets
I'm going down with the ship

Engines firing as we said goodbye to the sun
The officer forgot the key when he left on the run
We cannot see ahead unless the lock is undone
We don't know where the water ends and the ice has begun

I'm going down with the ship
I'm going down with the ship
Send me down with memories of those sights I loved on the Shirley streets
I'm going down with the ship

Too big to turn and then we got hit
The bulkheads overrun with water until they submit
Lifeboats left at home even though they would fit
Californian won't come they don't hear our transit

I'm going down with the ship
I'm going down with the ship
Send me down with memories of those sights I loved on the Shirley streets
I'm going down with the ship

Now we're all ghosts on the deep sea bed
We're not in NYC but in the heavens instead
Southampton has lost many sons she bred
Forever at sea arms flayed like the masthead

I'm going down with the ship
I'm going down with the ship
Send me down with memories of those sights I loved on the Shirley streets
I'm going down with the ship