BATTEN DOWN

We sailed out of Chesapeake Bay

And back again

Derailed when the clouds went from grey

To black again

So buckle up and batten down

And carry what you can

Stay with me until we see the shore

Oh water, keep me floating

Don't me drown this time

Oh water, keep me floating

Just don't let me down

We're gone, the decisions are all

Last minute now

Headlong over some waterfall

We're in it now

And everything is happening, and happening again

The waves are getting higher than my head

Oh water, keep me floating

Don't me drown this time

Oh water, keep me floating

Just don't let me down

There were tales they didn't seem the care about

That were just ignored

8-foot swells, they climbed and fell

Swept me overboard

Oh water, keep me floating

Don't me drown this time

Oh water, keep me floating

Just don't let me down