Album: other songs

Oceanliner

Oh the evening another song behind
a steam is rising and we are rolling on
oh and here's a bottle of wine
let's drink a toast to the new world arising
oh while the hands on the timekeys keep turning
keep turning we are never going home

the weight of time is how the oceanliner made the ship go down
the weight of time is how the oceanline, we're going down

yeah, and it's about time we were on our way
oh it's old times you see her sinking
oh it's coming down loud in here
keep on turning
keep turning round

oh forest pine a bitter taste of defeat
of blood and iron must away from this heat
oh and now a cannonball flies
no mercy for us down here
oh for the past and the present
once and for all we wage war
on the 20th century rising

the weight of time is how the oceanliner made the ship go down
we're parting now and like the oceanliner, we're going down

and it's about time we were on our way
oh it's old times you see her sinking
oh it's coming out loud damn heads
just keep on turning
yeah, oh, keep turning round

oh dangling on an old general's chest
there's an old silver head
oh the spirit of a generation sent
to rest with the nations best
oh and all asleep, and grab the hammer and signal, my brother
oh and leave it for the captain to ponder over
why his ship sank beneath the waves