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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream (1)__________ I relished
The fray and the (2)__________________ that (3)____________ my head all day
It was as though I'd (4)________ spit there, (5)______________ in , (6)________ a pocket
Of a (7)____________________ off some (8)__________ socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, (9)________ thousand men (10)________ in the (11)__________ here
Five hundred (12)________ were thrashing madly as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic (13)__________ get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a (14)________ nor a (15)________ of (16)__________________ fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got (17)____________ off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the dream ends (18)________ the phone rings
You doing (19)______________ he (20)________ it's out (21)__________ ,most days and nights
But (22)________ a fool (23)__________ complain
Anyway (24)__________ if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the (25)________
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