Can't Weld a Body

You crafted and caressed her with a careful hand

But the lady didn't understand

And you riveted and plated her til morning

But with a coil or a careless spark

Or a tumble in the dark

She'll leave her mark upon you without warning

You can float a boat of steel upon the ocean

You can fix it up with nuts and bolts and toil

But you can't weld a body when it's broken

The lady she's as fair as Desdemona

She swallowed you up just like Jonah

And there the air inside her belly ailed you

And no-one saw you fall

And they did not hear your call

And your breath it faltered just before it failed you

On a cruiser that was fitted by your father

You anchored in San Carlos harbour

But the lady at the helm she was not for turning

And in your bell bottoms blue

In April 82

You bid adieu and watched all you knew burning