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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream where I relished
The fray and the screaming that (1)____________ my head all day
It was as though I'd been (2)________ there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a (3)____________________ off (4)________ rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four (5)________________ men died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing 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 picked and
those (6)________ in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

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