Burning Ship

Lyrics

[Intro] Welcome to all of you And I'm glad you wanted to come along for the little adventure "Songs for Films and Forests" So tonight is a bit of a different way of listening Some of the songs are really meant for you to see while we play So the sense of time might be a bit different Not that I'm any way, in any way suggesting the songs might be long I see, I see, you're, you're being very polite So many of you here that um, really, just um Feel it, and then I'll, I'll look at you for this or that But... Put a low C on trombone I paddle my canoe Out across the bay The end of a great, great day To cross the water and want to leave The bells of freedom ring I'll be on my way I'll be on my way I'll be on my way Oh, oh, oh, oh B-flat on the horns [Verse 1] Sixty thousand sheep on a burning ship Sailing across the deep blue sea And not a soul in sight Sixty thousand sheep on a burning ship Sailing across the deep blue sea And not a soul in sight Oh, and the boiler room caught fire Oh, the men, the hired men Oh, they set off signals And nearby boats came by And they rescued them They rescued them, they rescued them And off they went on their way To South America from Australia Sixty thousand sheep on a burning sheep On the great, great blue sea On the great blue sea On the great, great blue sea And not a soul in sight (Not a soul in sight) [Verse 2] Oh, for what purpose? For what purpose? What great things happening on this planet Huge clusters of animals going up in smoke Two million cows in Great Britain Gone in one month Two million cows Who can separate the cows from the people? Two hundred elephants found in a clearing Ghastly silence when they found them Pregnant cows, baby elephants And not a soul in sight In one fell swoop And then the swoop of swallows As they gather in the fall Getting ready to prepare to start to begin To set upon their long, long flight At what moment, Lord At what precise moment Do they decide? [Outro] The river is wide, I can't cross o'er And nor have I got wings to fly Build me a boat that can carry two And I cross o'er, my love and I The river is wide, I can't cross o'er And nor have I got wings to fly Build me a boat that will carry two And I cross o'er, my love and I