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