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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

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

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the (3)__________ here
Five hundred more were (4)__________________ madly as parasites might 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 (5)____________ and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

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