Lyrics This Ship's Going Down - Voltaire

A gargantuan hole in the bow
Will the ocean to enter allow
Oh, but more a sin than letting it in
Its letting our good fortune out
The nest of the storm had succum
While the crow hid his fear in the rum
And the mast, it broke
And threw out the broken wood
Now he's surely my chum
(. . .)
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 the rut
And the Javanese value their tut
She'll conclude he's horribly rude
'Cause he sure as hell ain't writing back
'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 wont say "Woe is me"
As i disappear into the sea
'Cause im in good company
As we're all going together
(. . .)
Iv'e 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 have always have planned
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
'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 wont say "Woe is me"
As i disappear into the sea
'Cause im in good company
As we're all going together
(. . .)
I was sinking down into the brine
When a curious sight caught my eye.
Seaman Shaft had found him a raft
And was makin' 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.
'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 wont 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!