[Verse 1]
I could hear the shutters banging
In my mother's house
And the wind just kept blowing off the lake
I ran down to the front door
And told the ambulance man
"Everything's alright here, sir
There must be some mistake"

[Chorus]
Saints preserve us
We're all going down
This ship is sinking in the sea
Saints preserve us
And carry us along
For we may be together in eternity

[Verse 2]
My father was staring off
Into another world
And my mother she was laying very still
The baby was crying
And I tried to block it out
Then from somewhere deep inside me
Came a deathly chill
[Chorus]
Saints preserve us
Wherever we might fall
This is all too big a mystery
I remember I was standing
In the corner of her room
Saying "Look at how she's leaving us
So quietly so soon"

[Bridge]
And in her final hour
I saw her reaching up her hands (Oh yeah)
Like she was asking to be taken high above us
Didn't she love us?

[Chorus]
Saints preserve us
We're all going down
This ship is sinking in the sea
Saints preserve us
And carry us along
For we may be together

[Outro]
Saints preserve us (Yeah)
Saints preserve us
Wherever we may fall
Saints preserve us
Saints preserve us
And carry us along