Dance Band on the Titanic

Lyrics

[Chorus] Dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? [Verse 1] Mama stood crying at the dockside Saying "Please son, don't take this trip" I said "Mama, sweet Mama, don't you worry none Even God couldn't sink this ship" [Verse 2] Well, the whistle blew and they turned the screws It turned the water into foam Destination—sweet salvation Goodbye home sweet home [Chorus] I'm in the dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? [Verse 3] There was a trombone and a saxophone The bass and drums were cooking on the bandstand And I was strumming in the middle with this dude on the fiddle And we were three days out from land [Verse 4] Now the foghorn's jammed and moaning Hear it groaning through the misty night I heard the lookout shout down "There's icebergs around But still everything's alright" [Chorus] Oh, the dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? [Bridge] They were burning all the flares for candles In the banquet they were throwing in first class And we were blowing waltzes in the ballroom When the universe went crash [Verse 5] "There's no way that this could happen" I could hear the old captain curse He ordered "Lifeboats away"—that's when I heard the chaplain say "Women, children and chaplains first" [Verse 6] Well, they soon used up all of the lifeboats But there were a lot of us left on board I heard the drummer saying "Boys, just keep playing Now we're doing this date for the Lord" [Chorus] I heard the dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? [Bridge] There's a wild-eyed boy in the radio shack He's the last remaining guest He was tapping in a Morse code frenzy Tapping "Please God, S.O.S." [Verse 7] Jesus Christ can walk on the water Where a music man will drown They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned up Well, I'll be strumming as the ship go down [Chorus] I'm in the dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? Dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? Dance band on the Titanic Sing "Nearer My God to Thee" The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me?