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The Thresher
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Phil Ochs
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In Portsmouth town on the eastern shore
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Where many a fine ship was born.
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The Thresher was built
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And the Thresher was launched
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And the crew of the Thresher was sworn.
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She was shaped like a tear
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She was built like a shark
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She was made to run fast and free.
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And the builders shook their hands
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And the builders shared their wine,
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And thought that they had mastered the sea.
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Yes, she'll always run silent
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And she'll always run deep
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Though the ocean has no pity
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Though the waves will never weep
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They'll never weep.
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And they marvelled at her speed
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Marvelled at her depth
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Marvelled at her deadly design.
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And they sailed to every land
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And they sailed to every port
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Just to see what faults they could find.
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Then they put her on the land
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For nine months to stand
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And they worked on her from stem to stern.
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But they could never see
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It was their coffin to be
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For the sea was waiting for their return.
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Yes, she'll always run silent
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And she'll always run deep
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Though the ocean has no pity
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And the waves will never weep
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They'll never weep.
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On a cold Wednesday morn
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They put her her out to sea
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When the waves they were nine feet high.
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And they dove beneath the waves
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And they dove to their graves
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And they never said a last goodbye.
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And it's deeper and deeper
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And deeper they dove
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Just to see what their ship could stand.
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But the hull gave a moan
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And the hull gave a groan
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And they plunged to the deepest darkest sand.
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Now she lies in the depths
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Of the darkened ocean floor
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Covered by the waters cold and still.
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Oh can't you see the wrong
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She was a death ship all along
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Died before she had a chance to kill.
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[Final Chorus Same but in past tense].
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[Alternate final verse from an early Broadside tape]
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And it's 8000 fathoms of the water above
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And over 100 men below
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And sealed in their tomb
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Is the cause of their doom
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That only the sea will ever know
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