Ship of Dreams - John West

Twenty two hundred souls at the mercy of the sea

In the frozen darkness merely hundred remained

Hopes been shattered like so many sheets of ice

But true love flourishes in the final hour

Chorus

Fading ember called her Ship of Dreams

Queen of December oh the Ship of Dreams

Women and children and gentlemen first

Who decides which life is most important?

Watch in horror as the vessel is going down

Conscience will be your eternal sentinel

Chorus

Fading ember called her Ship of Dreams

Queen of December oh the Ship of Dreams

Cast off for America!

Land of promise and glory!

Steaming to new horizon!

How surreal this life seems

Musical Interlude

They claimed nothing could sink her

It was just a folly of man

Nature can shatter our monuments

With but a breath

Chorus

Fading ember called her Ship of Dreams

Queen of December oh the Ship of Dreams

Always remember oh the Ship of Dreams

Queen of December oh the Ship of Dreams