Don't give up the ship.

Perry's flag

In remembrance of our mom Iris, who passed away this week, I'm posting the lyrics to this song Matt wrote more than a few years back (one of my favorites) that keeps running through my head (and out of my mouth). It's called Don't give up the ship, and here it is:

Well, it grieves me when I see you
in some moldy homemade raft
You've no life jacket, there's no precautions
You're spinning downstream and you're laughing

Well, I'm not about to stop you
I've not the will and I've not the means
Still I stand here like I'm waiting
A world without you I've never seen
You say, read it off the flag, boy

Don't give up the ship
says the flag that flies above the turbulent waves
Don't give up the ship
Be a fool and hold the course away from the shore

Sailor learns something from each splinter
in those old and creaking boards
Now you're not apt to change your reasons
You'll never reinvent the doors that led you up the gangway

Don't give up the ship
say the words that are scrawled across the blue piece of cloth
Don't give up the ship
Be a fool and hold the course away from the shore

Red sky every morning
Sailor takes his tools out
and disconnects the warning lights
Never should have tied the knots so tight

On board the S.S. Something Sacred
you coughed up copy for the commodore
Now you're too old to keep your orders
Still you're dredging up the naval lore
and hoist it up the main mast

Don't give up the ship
says the flag that flies above the turbulent waves
Don't give up the ship
Be a fool and hold the course away from the shore

Don't give up the ship
say the words that are scrawled across the blue piece of cloth
Don't give up the ship
Be a fool and hold the course away from the shore

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