[ti:Herald of Free Enterprise]
[ar:Milow]
[al:Coming Of Age]
[00:08.79]This is the legend of eight sisters
[00:12.46]Herald was the famous one
[00:16.17]It happened twenty years ago
[00:19.58]although the sea was calm
[00:23.08]It was 1987
[00:26.71]and winter nearly gone
[00:29.85]On that Friday running late
[00:33.04]with rolling off and rolling on
[00:39.49]Trucks and cars were sleeping
[00:42.11]door by door and side by side
[00:45.80]Someone had to close the back door
[00:49.22]That day it must have slipped his mind
[00:52.81]He was fast asleep in his cabin
[00:56.29]tired from cleaning out the hall
[00:59.67]While passengers were eating
[01:03.01]indulging duty-free-for-all
[01:09.35]Herald of Free Enterprise
[01:16.44]Herald of Free Enterprise
[01:23.81]Herald of Free Enterprise
[01:30.63]In just ninety seconds
[01:33.14]right down to the wire
[01:38.05]Sailing with the doors wide open
[01:41.85]so the waves kept pouring in
[01:45.33]As they passed the Outer Mole
[01:48.60]the disaster could begin
[01:51.94]An a hundred yards from the shore
[01:55.78]right outside a Belgian port
[01:59.15]The lights went out
[02:01.37]the ship turned around and fell to starboard
[02:07.87]Then nothing but silence
[02:12.46]silence and the cold
[02:15.59]Herald and her sisters
[02:18.98]just never fit the mold
[02:24.95]Herald of Free Enterprise
[02:32.22]Herald of Free Enterprise
[02:39.44]Herald of Free Enterprise
[02:46.29]In just ninety seconds
[02:48.46]right down to the wire
[02:53.58]Two months later she was refloated
[02:57.09]a final one-way trip exchange
[03:00.54]Pensioned off into the Third World
[03:04.07]Where they named her Flushing Range
[03:08.01]And in '88 she broke in two
[03:11.56]probably because of guilt
[03:14.80]Pride and Spirit changed their names
[03:18.38]They were all doomed since they were built
[03:24.27]Herald of Free Enterprise
[03:31.39]Herald of Free Enterprise
[03:38.64]Herald of Free Enterprise
[03:45.40]In just ninety seconds
[03:47.37]right down to the wire
[04:24.22]This is the legend of eight sisters
[04:27.92]Herald was the famous one
[04:31.47]It happened twenty years ago
[04:35.04]although the sea was calm
[04:39.00]I was just a boy then
[04:42.56]holding daddy's hand
[04:45.95]Watching on tv
[04:48.52]how Herald's time came to an end