lirik lagu the fógues - the mary ellen carter
[verse 1]
she went down last october in a pouring driving rain
the skipper, he’d been drinking and the mate, he felt no pain
too close to three mile rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow
and the mary ellen carter settled low
[verse 2]
there was just us five aboard her when she finally was awash
we’d worked like h~ll to save her, all heedless of the cost
and the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
we’d make the mary ellen carter rise again
[verse 3]
well, the owners wrote her off; not a nickel would they spend
she gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end
but insurance paid the loss to us, so let her rest below
then they laughed at us and said we had to go
[verse 4]
but we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock
for she’s worth a quarter million, afloating at the dock
and with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
and make the mary ellen carter rise again
[chorus]
rise again, rise again!
let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
all those who loved her best and were with her ’till the end
will make the mary ellen carter rise again!
[verse 5]
all spring, now, we’ve been with her on a barge lent by a friend
three dives a day in hard hat suit and twice i’ve had the bends
thank god, it’s only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
or i’d never have the strength to go below
[verse 6]
but we’ve patched her rents, stopped her vents, dogged hatch and porthole down
put cables to her, fore and aft and girded her around
tomorrow noon, we hit the air and then take up the strain
and make the mary ellen carter rise again
[chorus]
rise again, rise again!
let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
all those who loved her best and were with her ’till the end
will make the mary ellen carter rise again!
[verse 7]
for we couldn’t leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale
she’d saved our lives so many times, living through the gale
and the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
they won’t be laughing in another day
[verse 8]
and you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
with smiling b~st~rds lying to you everywhere you go
turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
and like the mary ellen carter, rise again!
[chorus]
rise again, rise again!
though your heart, may be broken, and life about to end
no matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
then like the mary ellen carter, rise again!
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