Set to Sea

The sea was as dark as the sky above As we set to our perilous task The waves towered above our ship And we knew we might not make it back The captain said boys be brave be strong And don't let yourself be pulled under by The siren's song It'll make you forget all your troubles Lose yourself in the beauteous sound Until you let go of all your sanity Jump into the depths and drown Well we all filled our ears with cotton plugs To block out the deadly sound But Jimmy up in the crow's nest Had no time to make it down We watched as the music reached his ears And he dove to the sea below To follow the sirens song It'll make you forget all your troubles Lose yourself in the beauteous sound Until you let go of all your sanity Jump into the depths and drown There were shouts and cries overboard As we called to our ill-fated friend But no amount of begging Could bring him out of the spell he was in The captain commanded us to row on and leave poor Jimmy behind Fallen prey to the siren's song It'll make you forget all your troubles Lose yourself in the beauteous sound Until you let go of all your sanity Jump into the depths and drown