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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

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

One afternoon, (2)________ (3)________________ men died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as (4)__________________ might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that (5)____________________ 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 (6)____________ and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we (7)____________ for home.

Then the (8)__________ ends when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a (9)________ would 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) head(2) four(3) thousand(4) parasites(5) systematic(6) picked(7) headed(8) dream(9) fool(10) those