Teddy Sheean - Forever Eighteen

The bow cut the swell on a course set for Timor The Armidale plowed through the waves The enemy found us, sent bombs and torpedoes Out gunned and out numbered we prayed "Abandon the ship!" Came the call through the chaos "Jump for your lives, the ship's going down!" Then I saw Teddy Sheean He was wounded and bleeding, strapped to his Oerlikon gun And he kept on firing as he was dragged under So noble for someone so young, forever eighteen We'll never forget Teddy Sheean The blood and the oil coated men in the water The stern rose and then disappeared We clung to the wreckage and still they came at us Till the silence of evening drew near We floated two wailers and a raft from a flockson We hung on and waited for help to arrive I saw Teddy Sheean He was wounded and bleeding, strapped to his Oerlikon gun And he kept on firing as he was dragged under So noble for someone so young, forever eighteen We'll never forget Teddy Sheean The men who survived owe their lives to the lad The boy who stood strong and held on and fought on till the end I saw Teddy Sheean He was wounded and bleeding, strapped to his Oerlikon gun And he kept on firing as he was dragged under So noble for someone so young, forever eighteen We'll never forget Teddy Sheean