when you see that ship it is the ship you can see
 when the grey ship calls it is a callin for me

I thought it [bad word]  I thought it [bad word] from further North than that

blue sky is silver blue sky is grey
 when the grey ship calls I am leaving today
 I thought it [bad word]  I thought it [bad word] 
when you see that ship it is the ship you can’t see
 all of that calling is calling for me
 I thought it [bad word]  I thought it [bad word] come come
 I thought it [bad word] from further North than that

(I hear a choir, I hear a symphony)

my mother with soft hands
 my sister with none left
 my best friend from long time
 my mouth full of glass

the strangers with wet hair
 my old aunt a spinster
 i feel all them calming
 [bad word] out of air

I hear all them calling
 the pearly gates
 we’ve all gone together
 we’ve all gone to sleep

I hear a choir, I hear a symphony

great grandmother lived on the prairie
 nothin and nothin and nothin and nothin
 I got the same feeling inside of me
 nothin and nothin and nothin and nothin