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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 spit there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off (2)________ rocky socket,
Off the (3)__________ of France, Dear

One afternoon, (4)________ thousand men (5)________ in the water here
Five (6)______________ more were (7)__________________ (8)__________ as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything (9)________ systematic would get you hated.
It's not a (10)________ nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the (11)________ was picked and
those (12)________ in the (13)__________ got (14)____________ off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the (15)__________ ends when the (16)__________ rings
You doing alright he (17)________ it's out (18)__________ ,most (19)________ and nights
But (20)________ a fool would complain
Anyway Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the (21)________
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