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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 head all day
It was as though I'd (1)________ spit there, settled in , (2)________ a pocket
Of a lighthouse off some rocky socket,
Off the (3)__________ of France, Dear

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

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