Dance Band On The Titanic Lyrics - Harry Chapin

Dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me 

Mama stood cryin' at the dockside 

Sayin' "Please son, don't take this trip" 

I said "Mama, sweet Mama, don't you worry none" 

"Even God couldn't sink this ship" 

Well, the whistle blew and they turned the screws 

It turned the water into foam 

Destination sweet salvation 

Goodbye home sweet home 

I'm in the dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me 

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There was a trombone and a saxophone 

The bass and drums were cookin' up the bandstand 

And I was strummin' in the middle with this dude on the fiddle 

And we were three days out from land 

And now the foghorn's jammed and moanin' 

Hear it groanin' through the misty night 

I heard the lookout shout down "There's icebergs around" 

"But still everything's all right" 

Oh, the dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me 

They were burnin' all the flares for candles 

In the banquet they were throwin' in first class 

And we were blowin' waltzes in the barroom 

When the universe went CRASH! 

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"There's no way that this could happen" 

I could hear the old captain curse 

He ordered lifeboats away, that's when I heard the chaplain say 

"Women and children and chaplains first" 

Well, they soon used up all of the lifeboats 

But there were a lot of us left on board 

I heard the drummer sayin' "Boys, just keep playin'" 

"Now we're doin' this gig for the Lord" 

I heard the dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me 

There's a wild-eyed boy in the radio shack 

He's the last remaining guest 

He was tappin' in a Morse code frenzy 

Tappin' "Please God, S.O.S." 

Jesus Christ can walk on the water 

But a music man will drown 

They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned up 

Well, I was strummin' as the ship go down 

I'm in the dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me 

Dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me 

Dance band on the Titanic 

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee" 

The iceberg's on the starboard bow 

Won't you dance with me