Tempest

The pale moon rose in its glory
 Out on the Western town
 She told a sad, sad story
 Of the great ship that went down
 It was the fourteenth day of April
 Over the waves she rode
 Sailing into tomorrow
 To a golden age foretold
 The night was black with starlight
 The seas were sharp and clear
 Moving through the shadows
 The promised hour was near
 Lights were holding stedy
 Gliding over the foam
 All the lords and ladies
 Heading for their eternal home
 The chandeliers were swaying
 From the balustrades above
 The orchestra was playing
 Songs of faded love
 The watchman, he lay dreaming
 As the ballroom dancers twirled
 He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
 Into the underworld
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 Leo took his sketchbook
 He was often so inclined
 He closed his eyes and painted
 The scenery in his mind
 Cupid struck his bosom
 And broke it with a snap
 The closest woman to him
 He fell into her lap
 He heard a loud commotion
 Something sounded wrong
 His inner spirit was saying
 That he couldn't stand here long
 He staggered to the quarterdeck
 No time now to sleep
 Water on the quarterdeck
 Already three foot deep
 Smokestack was leaning sideways
 Heavy feet began to pound
 He walked into the whirlwind
 Sky splitting all around
 The ship was going under
 The universe had opened wide
 The roll was called up yonder
 The angels turned aside
 Lights down in the hallway
 Flickering dim and dull
 Dead bodies already floating
 In the double bottom hull
 The engines then exploded
 Propellers they failed to start
 The boilers overloaded
 The ship's bow split apart
 Passengers were flying
 Backward, forward, far and fast
 They mumbled, fumbled, and tumbled
 Each one more weary than the last
 The veil was torn asunder
 'Tween the hours of twelve and one
 No change, no sudden wonder
 Could undo what had been done
 The watchman lay there dreaming
 At forty five degrees
 He dreamed that the Titanic was sinking
 Dropping to her knees
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 Wellington he was sleeping
 His bed began to slide
 His valiant heart was beating
 He pushed the tables aside
 Glass of shattered crystal
 Lay scattered roundabout
 He strapped on both his pistols
 How long could he hold out?
 His men and his companions
 Were nowhere to be seen
 In silence there he waited for
 Time and space to intervene
 The passageway was narrow
 There was blackness in the air
 He saw every kind of sorrow
 Heard voices everywhere
 Alarm-bells were ringing
 To hold back the swelling tide
 Friends and lovers clinging
 To each other side by side
 Mothers and their daughters
 Descending down the stairs
 Jumped into the icy waters
 Love and pity sent their prayers
 The rich man, Mister Astor
 Kissed his darling wife
 He had no way of knowing
 It'd be the last trip of his life
 Calvin, Blake and Wilson
 Gambled in the dark
 Not one of them would ever live to
 Tell the tale on the disembark
 Brother rose up 'gainst brother
 In every circumstance
 They fought and slaughtered each other
 In a deadly dance
 They lowered down the lifeboats
 From the sinking wreck
 There were traitors, there were turncoats
 Broken backs and broken necks
 The bishop left his cabin
 To help others in need
 Turned his eyes up to the heavens
 Said, "The poor are yours to feed"
 Davey the brothel-keeper
 Came out dismissed his girls
 Saw the water getting deeper
 Saw the changing of his world
 Jim Dandy smiled
 He never learned to swim
 Saw the little crippled child
 And he gave his seat to him
 He saw the starlight shining
 Streaming from the East
 Death was on the rampage
 But his heart was now at peace
 They battened down the hatches
 But the hatches wouldn't hold
 They drowned upon the staircase
 Of brass and polished gold
 Leo said to Cleo
 I think I'm going mad
 But he'd lost his mind already
 Whatever mind he had
 He tried to block the doorway
 To save all those from harm
 Blood from an open wound
 Pouring down his arm
 Petals fell from flowers
 'Til all of them were gone
 In the long and dreadful hours
 The wizard's curse played on
 The host was pouring brandy
 He was going down slow
 He stayed right to the end and he
 Was the last to go
 There were many, many others
 Nameless here forever more
 They never sailed the ocean
 Or left their homes before
 The watchman, he lay dreaming
 The damage had been done
 He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
 And he tried to tell someone
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 The captain, barely breathing
 Kneeling at the wheel
 Above him and beneath him
 Fifty thousand tons of steel
 He looked over at his compass
 And he gazed into its face
 Needle pointing downward
 He knew he'd lost the race
 In the dark illumination
 He remembered bygone years
 He read the Book of Revelation
 And he filled his cup with tears
 When the Reaper's task had ended
 Sixteen hundred had gone to rest
 The good, the bad, the rich, the poor
 The loveliest and the best
 They waited at the landing
 And they tried to understand
 But there is no understanding
 On the judgment of God's hand
 The news came over the wires
 And struck with deadly force
 Love had lost its fires
 All things had run their course
 The watchman he lay dreaming
 Of all the things that can be
 He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
 Into the deep blue sea