I had a strange dream last night
I was a small boat rocking through the night
I had a green stripe on my left side
And my body was coated bright white
I picked up sailors, not one but three
With their stripe pinned caps and badges shining proud
They laughed they laughed and we all had such fun
The sky was blue and it seemed alright
Just my boat sailing through the night
On the port of st Albert an angel appeared
With lips like a rare ruby and hair like sunshine beams
She stood there blissfully
waiting for her husband\'s boat
But only mine docked the ports of st Albert
We slipped we slipped
To make her not think
And she slipped she slipped
Onto my boards and dance and dance
With not one sailor but two
Who now wore nothing but no dignity and no shame
And danced with the angel with the sunshine beams.
Six days we were here
Going no where
Our angel now broken
Blood everywhere
She had stood up again and realised what we\'d done
So slipped so slipped into thin thin water
No body called for my dear angel
My sailors couldn\'t care less
On the docks of Edinburgh sat a smaller cherub
of some sort
The sailors smiled and took her abroad
Take care of my angel take of her wings
I\'ve lost so many angels to sins, to sins
My boat carried on rocking until the angels ran out
The sailors pinstripes aren\'t black and white
But a skyline pink
For no body knew where my angels had gone
Away. Away. Away.