Medusa sails to Senegal in 1816
First we lost the cabin boy
We had to swing the lead
There were shallows all around
When the ship would break we took to prayer
Medusa's running round
We rowed on the raft
We're sailing in the sun
There's 150 on the raft
We've lost another one
You're can't deny we're all at sea
We're drifting alone
How do you look a man in the eye
When you're spitting out his bones
Yet 17 remain behind to die in agony
50 died on the raft
7 around me
We rowed on the raft
We're sailing in the sun
There's 100 of us on the raft
We've lost another one
You're can't deny we're all at sea
We're drifting alone
How do you look a man in the eye
When you're spitting out his bones
A wondrous sight so bright and white
We follow it down to swallow it down
Oh all for us
Pray to the almighty
Cast yourself to the sea
We rowed on the raft
We're sailing in the sun
There's 70 of us on the raft
We've lost another one
You're can't deny we're all at sea
We're drifting alone
How do you look a man in the eye
When you're spitting out his bones
And in my arms my own true flesh died so quietly
Give praise to the butterfly or the almighty
And in my mouth my own true flesh tasted sweet to me
Give praise to the butterfly
We rowed on the raft
We're sailing in the sun
There's 20 of us on the raft
We've lost another one
You're can't deny we're all at sea
We're drifting alone
How do you look a man in the eye
When you're spitting out his bones
