Lyrics

[Chorus] Navy grey paint, applied by her crew Whose officers thought had too little to do Navy grey paint, layer after layer The ship has gone down Her crew's on the ground But the paint is still there [Verse 1] The Yorktown was proud, she was heavy and fast She bore eighty planes when she battled her last She sank at Midway, at the end of the fight For fifty long years she lay lost out of sight In her [Chorus] Navy grey paint, applied by her crew Whose officеrs thought had too little to do Navy grey paint, layer aftеr layer The ship has gone down Her crew's on the ground But the paint is still there [Verse 2] And when she was found by the divers at last They saw what was left from those fifty years passed Her crew was all old men, or fish-food and dust But the ship was still lying protected from rust By that [Chorus] Navy grey paint, applied by her crew Whose officers thought had too little to do Navy grey paint, layer upon layer The ship has gone down Her crew's on the ground But the paint is still there [Verse 3] So take heart you sailors, wherever you be For though you go down with your ship in the sea Your names and your memories may all fade away But this much will last from you 'til Judgment Day It's that [Chorus] Navy grey paint, applied by her crew Whose officers thought had too little to do Navy grey paint, layer after layer The ship has gone down Her crew's on the ground But the paint is still there