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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream where I relished
The (1)________ and the screaming that (2)____________ my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off (3)________ rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, (4)________ thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred (5)________ were thrashing madly as parasites (6)__________ in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got (7)____________ off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the dream ends when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out (8)__________ ,most days and nights
But only a fool (9)__________ complain
Anyway Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As (10)__________ fingernails scratching on the hull
Answers:
(1) fray(2) filled(3) some(4) four(5) more(6) might(7) kicked(8) there(9) would(10) those