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We travelled an ocean
To get where we wanted
We left San Diego
On the Gambier Bay
We rounded an island
In the Trench of the Philippines
We made clear our intention
To return triumphant
Send salutations to the world
With morning just broken
On a Casablanca Carrier
The sea was mysterious
We looked at our options
But we were hit on the broadside
And made battle with the enemy
We wanted to fight them
But we lost the Gambier Bay
Send salutations to the world
And though it seems strange
It doesn't matter anyway
And though it seems strange
I know there was something
We floated for three days
Near dead in the water
With sea creatures beneath us
I had strange hallucinations
No ships followed in our wake
The winds blew and we were scattered
We drifted south towards San Pedro
Before sighting land in the bay
Send salutations to the world
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Sea Creatures Beneath Us
03:56
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The Lizard
03:38
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We travelled an ocean
To get where we wanted
We set sail from Lisbon
With four galleasses
We rounded an island
Of hostile inhabitants
We made clear our intention
To return triumphant
The weather was winter
Though the month was in spring
The sea was mysterious
We looked at our options
We rounded the north sea
And made battle with the elements
We wanted to fight them
But their weapons were ugly
And though it seems strange
It doesn't matter anyway
And though it seems strange
I know there was something
We rounded the Tagus
And swept past the Lizard
The fireships parading
And beyond the beacons
Their ships followed in our wake
The winds blew and we were scattered
We sailed over to the west sea
Crept back past the Lizard
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