Dance Band On The Titanic Lyrics

 Dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me

 Mama stood cryin' at the dockside
 Sayin' "Please son, don't take this trip"
 I said "Mama, sweet Mama, don't you worry none"
 "Even God couldn't sink this ship"

 Well, the whistle blew and they turned the screws
 It turned the water into foam
 Destination sweet salvation
 Goodbye home sweet home

 I'm in the dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me

 There was a trombone and a saxophone
 The bass and drums were cookin' up the bandstand
 And I was strummin' in the middle with this dude on the fiddle
 And we were three days out from land

 And now the foghorn's jammed and moanin'
 Hear it groanin' through the misty night
 I heard the lookout shout down "There's icebergs around"
 "But still everything's all right"

 Oh, the dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me

 They were burnin' all the flares for candles
 In the banquet they were throwin' in first class
 And we were blowin' waltzes in the barroom
 When the universe went CRASH!

 "There's no way that this could happen"
 I could hear the old captain curse
 He ordered lifeboats away, that's when I heard the chaplain say
 "Women and children and chaplains first"

 Well, they soon used up all of the lifeboats
 But there were a lot of us left on board
 I heard the drummer sayin' "Boys, just keep playin'"
 "Now we're doin' this gig for the Lord"

 I heard the dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me

 There's a wild-eyed boy in the radio shack
 He's the last remaining guest
 He was tappin' in a Morse code frenzy
 Tappin' "Please God, S.O.S."

 Jesus Christ can walk on the water
 But a music man will drown
 They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned up
 Well, I was strummin' as the ship go down

 I'm in the dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me

 Dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me

 Dance band on the Titanic
 Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
 The iceberg's on the starboard bow
 Won't you dance with me