Bermuda Triangle (Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 12/15/1974)

I guess you heard about the Bermuda Triangle
There's something going on
Nobody seems to know just what it is
The Air Force won't let on
It might be a hole down in the ocean
Or a fog that won't let go
Might be some crazy people talking
Or somebody that we ought to know

Down in Bermuda, the pale blue sea
Down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe

Strange shapes in moonlight
Shadows in the night
They said that wind tips seem to brush their faces
Strange as stone and sight
Down at Bermuda
Where the sea was smooth as glass
They knew an answer to a question
That you never thought you'd ask

Down in Bermuda, the pale blue sea
Way down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe
Down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe

They leave from Galveston, they leave from New Orleans
They leave from Wilmington, Delaware
They leave St. Petersburg, they leave from Tampa
They leave from Mexico, it doesn't matter where
They've got one thing they share
All of these ships and planes
A bigger mystery that cannot be explained
Down in Bermuda, the pale blue sea

You're feeling safe in your harbor
Yeah, and everything seems certain
Right next to Palm Beach and Key Biscayne
Behind the velvet curtain
Oh, but then the moon goes grey with worry
Yeah, and the sea turns a pale white
You better believe something strange is going on at night

Down in Bermuda, Lord, the pale blue sea
Way down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe
Down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe

Look, they leave from Galveston, they leave from New Orleans
They leave from Wilmington, Delaware
They leave St. Petersburg, they leave from Tampa
They leave from Mexico, it doesn't matter where
They've got one thing they share
All of these ships and planes
A bigger mystery that cannot be explained
Down in Bermuda, the pale blue sea

Way down, way down, way down

Way down, way, way, way down

Now you see, the Bermuda Triangle is not a fictitious thing at
All. It's what a lot of people are calling this area of about 10
000 Square miles that runs down from Virginia and cuts up some
Of the islands in the Bahama area, like Aruba and Eleuthera
Jamaica, Abaco. And then the other leg of the triangle goes back
Up north through what they used to call the Sargasso Sea. It's
An area where, since they've been recording this type of thing
That is, over the past 150 years or so, thousands of ships and
Planes, big and small, military and civilian, have disappeared
Without leaving a trace, usually. Now when you ask the military, or

The military has been asked, official sources, you know
They say that it's due to bad weather
They say that people shouldn't go into an area like that
Without having sufficient preparation to handle happenings

You know, like squalls and things
Oddly enough, however, most of the disappearances
Have involved professional airline pilots, ship captains
People with vast experience
Now we have sort of an experience of our own, or a
At least a third degree experience that sort of ties in with this
We had a friend of a friend in Coral Gables, Florida
Who had a boat, thirty-five foot ketch
That's a kind of sailboat with a sail in the middle of it
And one on the back and one on the front

They'd been sailing for about ten years
And they knew what they were doing
They decided to go out for a nice weekend
Take a couple days and go on a cruise
So they loaded some beer aboard
They took their wives or whoever along

They set out, meaning to be back Sunday night
Well, they didn't show up and the family, of course
Became quite concerned when it got to be Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, then it was a week

And they called in a Coast Guard patrol to go out and look for 'em
Coast Guard did that and eventually found the boat
Sailing merrily off into the, the blue horizon
With all the sails still set, billowing out in the wind
And that was strange enough, but when they went aboard
Their minds got blown because they found that all the food
Was still in the cupboards, clothes in the closets
Personal belongings all in place

Table setting on the table in the galley
In fact, there was even a cup of coffee still on the table
With coffee still in it
That's how calm the weather had been
Of course, the coffee was ice cold by that time
There was no sign of any storm or any struggle
No sign of damage, no notes, no farewells

No hellos and no goodbyes
Everything was shipshape and Bristol fashion aboard that ketch
The only thing that was wrong

And you know this Bob, because I've already
The only thing that was missing was the people
And they still haven't happened to, to turn up yet
I hope they're ecstatically happy where they are

May I say

Way down, way down
I'll say it again, way down
Down at the Triangle
Low, way down
Way, way down
Down in the, woah, the pale blue sea
Yeah now, way, way, way down
Down in the Triangle

Way, way, way down
Down in the Triangle
Way, way, way down
Down in the Triangle

Way, way, way down
Down in the, down in the, down in the, way down there
Way down there
Way down in the Triangle