32 Down On The Robert Mackenzie
32 men on a Great Lakes boat
Quit the pier at Thunder Bay
28,000 tons of coal 
On a cold November day
800 feet and 10 more long
80 feet across
The steel mills of Detroit 
Our destination through the frost

At 2 AM on the 2nd
Waves [bad word] #39; up to 40 feet
Winds were blowing 60 miles
Our engines crankin' heat
At 3:13 we took a wave 
Our wheelhouse left behind
The radar slipped beneath the waves 
And we [bad word] #39; blind
Hear me call across the waves
If I [bad word] home tonight
I will make it home some day

(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie

captain name of Phillips 
Seekin' shelter from the storm
Turned us south of Báªte Grise Bay
By way of Keweenaw Point
But the wind was blowing at such a rate
We ended up driftin' north
wave broke over a knife of rock
Six Fathom Shoal

Mackenzie she was cut in half
The stern she rammed the bow
The men were caught in metal jaws
Flames burned out of [bad word] 
Stern [bad word] #39; all her lights ablaze
Not one man would be found
Captain's last transmission read 
32 men down
32 men down

Hear me call across the waves 
If I [bad word] home tonight
I will make it home some day

(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down

And they call across the waves
If I [bad word] home tonight 
I will make it home some day

Yes, I call across the waves
If i [bad word] home tonight
I will make it home some day