The Thresher lyrics
Song information
Artist: Phil Ochs Album: All The News That's Fit To Sing
Lyrics
Bm f# bm In portsmouth town on the eastern shore
Em a f Where many a fine ship was born
Bm g The thresher was built
F# bm And the thresher was launched
Em a f# And the crew of the thresher was sworn
Bm g She was shaped like a tear
F# bm She was built like a shark
Em a f# She was made to run fast and free
Bm g And the builders shook their hands
F# bm And the builders shared their wine
Em a f# And thought that they had mastered the sea
Bm f# Yes, she'll always run silent
Em f# And she'll always run deep
Em bm Though the ocean has no pity
A f# Though the waves will never weep
Bm They'll never weep
And they marvelled at her speed Marvelled at her depth Marvelled at her deadly design And they sailed to every land And they sailed to every port Just to see what faults they could find Then they put her on the land For nine months to stand And they worked on her from stem to stern But they could never see It was their coffin to be For the sea was waiting for their return
Yes, she'll always run silent And she'll always run deep Though the ocean has no pity And the waves will never weep They'll never weep
On a cold wednesday morn They put her her out to sea When the waves they were nine feet high And they dove beneath the waves And they dove to their graves And they never said a last goodbye And its deeper and deeper And deeper they dove Just to see what their ship could stand But the hull gave a moan And the hull gave a groan And they plunged to the deepest darkest sand
Now she lies in the depths Of the darkened ocean floor Covered by the waters cold and still Oh can't you see the wrong She was a death ship all along Died before she had a chance to kill
[Final chorus same but in past tense]
[Alternate final verse from an early broadside tape]
And it's 8000 fathoms of the water above And over 100 men below And sealed in their tomb Is the cause of their doom That only the sea will ever know
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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