The Blame

Surly something can be done to help us
Thousands on board
Trusting and warm
Roused from their sleep
Sent up above
Unsinkable ship
What is she now
What is she now
Possibly she won't go down
Possibly she'll stay afloat
Possibly all this could come to an end
On a positive note
Not unless the ship could fly
Not unless we all sprout wings
Honestly, sir, I have built her from scratch
And I know certain things
If you know so much
Why didn't you know to prevent this
What's to become of us all
Now that providence sent this
This is your work, Mr. Andrews
You have done us in
Where's her leakproof bulkheads
Where's her double skin
That's your job
If someone must take the blame
It is you
You
Innocent folk
Held in our care
Living their lives
Dreaming their dreams
Dreaming their dreams
Possible a ship will come
Possibly we'll all be saved
Damn it, sir, listen
We're hemorrhaging fast
It's our hull that's been staved
Couldn't you design it right
Whoever heard of steel that rips
Ismay, I'm just in the business of building
It's God who sinks ships
There stands the Captain
Who sailed us straight into disaster
Oh, now it's the Captain's turn
Pray, who urged him to go faster
Well, then, thank you, Mr. Ismay
For your contribution
Now please pray for some
Miraculous solution
Your timing is perfect
Now help us, please
If you can
Who called for speed and to break every record
Who had to keep all the millionaires happy
How dare you, Smith
I will not stand here indicted
Who ignored warnings of icebergs when sighted
Who, sir, refused to extend up the bulkheads
You, sir!To give the first class bigger staterooms
And who undermined the position of Captain
And who took a course too far north for the season
And who kept insisting we land ever sooner
And who should have posted
More lookouts in darkness
And who had to have both
The largest and fastest
Who did it
Who did it
Who did it
Who did it
Who did it
Who did it
Who did it
Possible the lord will act
Possible he will provide
And indicate how
Our unthinkable fate
Can be somehow denied
Somehow denied
Your work
No one else's
My doing
No one else's
There's only one Captain
And I was in charge
This is my ship
No one else's