Bless Our Ship

May 21st I'll always recall The whole thing was still and quiet and beautiful You were just about to be born I praid they would get me home Bless our ship our ocean home Bless the ship on which we roam So the light of dawn came it was wonderful The sky, the smell of herbs Coming from the shore They arrived, they circled round and fired The bomb landed right on the stirn Bless our ship our ocean home Bless the ship on which we roam The ship turned over upside down Some of us got tangled and were drowned I was crystal clear in my mind A very bright light and the ones I loved Bless the ones we leave behind I just found myself crying Another of our boats arrived to pick us all The whole of the sea covered in oil Then the captain had to decide To risk the ship or to leave some aside Bless the ones we leave behind I just found myself crying Bless our ship our ocean home Bless the ship on which we roam You were just about to be born I praid they would get me home You were just about to be born I praid they would get me home