This Ship - Martina Sorbara

Trying to read her palm

With a clenched fist

Calling out for whatever’s in store

Asking 'God, did the Devil

Put you up to this

Whatever it is I can’t take it any more'

She says 'I'm gonna make

Something of myself tonight

God and the Devil I’ll show you up

I can fight back and I just might

Your tempting business isn’t

All that tough'

She’s thrown all caution to the wind

Hoping to catch it in her sails when

Her ship comes in

But this ship won’t float

No it just don’t

Parading around town

With her open wounds

Saying hush now don’t tell a soul

Any charity will come too soon

'I can get through this on my own'

And she’s recruiting sympathy

Like it’s an army

And as the front lines fall

She brings new lines up

She says keep on your tiptoes boys

My tissues scarring

Collecting pity like change in a cup

And she’s thrown all caution to the wind

Hoping to catch it in her sails when

Her ship comes in

But this ship won’t float

No, it just don’t

She won’t make it worth her while

She won’t let get her down

Just try hard to keep that smile

But it’s just an upside down frown

I said make it worth your while

I said let it get you down

Why try so hard to keep that smile

When it’s just an up side down frown

Trying to read her palm

With a clenched fist

Calling out for more

Saying, 'God and the devil

You won’t get away with this

When my ship comes in

I’ll win this war

God and the devil you haven’t

Seen the end of this

When my ship comes in

I’ll win this war'

Martina sorbara — vocals/piano/percussion

Adam hay — drums

Rich brown — bass

Jian ghomeshi — percussion/keyboard/dulcitone/backup vocals