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Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye |
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I said to my baby this sounds like the ticket for you and I |
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It said volunteers wanted for a very special trip |
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To commune with Mother Nature on a big wooden ship |
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We took a taxi to the river in case any places were free |
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There was an old guy with a beard |
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And every kind of creature as far as the eye could see |
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This old guy was the boss, he said, |
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"I won't tell you no lie |
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But there's more to this journey |
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Than is apparent to the eye" |
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He said he'd heard God's message on the radio |
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It was going to rain forever and he'd told him to go |
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"I'll protect you all don't worry I'll be father to you all |
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I'll save two of every animal, no matter how small |
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But I'll need some assistants to look after the zoo |
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I can't see nobody better so you'll just have to do" |
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I said, "Just tell me something before it's too late and we're gone |
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I mean just how safe is this boat we'll be on?" |
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"It's Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock stead, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady" |
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It rained for forty days and forty long nights |
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I'd never seen rain like it and it looked like our old friend |
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Was being proved right |
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We had no time to worry though there was just too much to do |
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Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo |
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We had to wash all the animals we had to feed them too |
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We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo |
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She said, "Hey Baby I don't mean to be flip |
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But it seems this old man is on some power trip" |
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I said, "No, no sugar you must be wrong |
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I mean look at the size of this boat we're on |
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We're as safe as houses, as safe as mother's milk |
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He's as cool as November and as smooth as China silk |
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He's God's best friend, he's got a seat on the board |
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And life may be tough but we're sailing with the lord." |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Woke up this morning and something had changed |
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Like a room in my house had just been rearranged |
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She said, "It's stopped raining and |
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I know the guy's kind |
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But if we stay here much longer |
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I'm gonna lose my mind." |
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So we said we had a mission for his favourite dove |
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To see if there was any mercy from this great God above |
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So to find dry land, away the white bird flew |
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We didn't need no country just a rock would do |
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When the dove came back to us, he threw down a twig |
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It was manna from heaven and meant we could blow this gig |
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"But the rock's too small," he said, "can't you see?" |
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I said, "It's just perfect for her, it's perfect for me." |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
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Rock steady, rock steady |
