jonathan larson - iron mike lyrics
on a stary black night
at the base of mount hogen(?)
beyond horsetail creek
and anderson bay
from the port of valdese
sailed a ship out for long beach
over one million barrels of crude stowed away
to the left of the wheel
in the bridge on the upper deck
under the comp-ss was he
navigation computer
the captain and fisherman’s friend
who could steer perfectly
they called him iron mike
in the dead of the night
he steered the way through the darkness
iron mike, didn’t see the red light on the reef
now the skipper had twenty years sailing with exxon
he’d been known to throw back one or two
yet no one thought twice when he set auto-pilot
and retired below with the crew
from the two am stillness
came the cry of the third mate
someone better go wake up the chief
yet by then, it was too late
the starboards had twelve-foot gashes cut out by …
iron mike
in the dead of the night
he steered the way through the darkness
iron mike, didn’t see the red light on the reef, on the reef
the forget-me-knots(?) cried and the salmon all died
and the fishermen wore black arm bands
and the spokesmen from exxon
said no major damage
though six million gallons remain in the sands
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