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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had (1)________ (2)__________ where I relished
The (3)________ and the screaming that filled my (4)________ all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off some (5)__________ socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the (6)__________ here
Five hundred more (7)________ (8)__________________ (9)__________ as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic (10)__________ get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a (11)________ nor a (12)________ of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those (13)________ in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we (14)____________ for home.

Then the (15)__________ ends when the phone rings
You (16)__________ (17)______________ he said it's out (18)__________ ,most days and nights
But only a (19)________ (20)__________ complain
Anyway Susan if you (21)________ our (22)________________________ is as (23)__________ as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the hull
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