Dance Band on the Titanic versuri

Versuri Harry Chapin – Dance Band on the Titanic lyrics

Dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer my God to thee”
The Icebergs on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?

Mama stood crying at the dockside
Saying „Please son, don’t take this trip”
I said : „Mama, sweet Mama, don’t you worry none,
Even God couldn’t sink this ship!”

Well the whistle blew and they turned the screws
It turned the water into foam
Destination- Sweet Salvation
Goodbye Home Sweet Home

I’m in the dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer my God to thee”
And the icebergs on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?

There was a trombone and a saxophone,
The bass and drums were cooking on the bandstand
And I was standing in the middle with this dude on the fiddle
We were three days out from land

Now the foghorn’s jammed and moaning
Hear it groaning thru the misty night,
I heard the lookout shout down,”There’s icebergs around.”
But still everything’s all right.

I’m in the dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer my God to thee”
And the icebergs on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?

They were burning all the flares for candles
In the banquet they were throwing in first class
And we were blowing waltzes in the ballroom
When the Universe went crash

„There’s no way that this could happen.”
I could hear the old Captain curse
He ordered lifeboats away, that’s when I heard the Chaplain say,
„Women, and Children, and Chaplains first.”

Well they soon used up all of the lifeboats,
But there were a lot of us left on board
I heard the drummer saying,”Boys just keep playing,
Now were doing this gig for the Lord.”

I’m in the dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer my God to thee”
And the icebergs on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?

There’s a wild eye boy in the radio shack
He’s the last remaining guest
He was tapping in a Morse Code frenzy
Tapping- „Please God, S.O.S.!”

Jesus Christ can walk on water,
But a music man will drown
They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned up
Well I’ll be strumming as the ship goes down

I’m in the dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer My God to Thee”
The iceberg’s on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?
Dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer My God to Thee”
The iceberg’s on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?
Dance band on the Titanic
Sing „Nearer My God to Thee”
The iceberg’s on the starboard bow
Won’t you dance with me?