Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye
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I said to my baby this sounds like a ticket for you and I
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It said volunteers wanted for a very special trip
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To commune with Mother Nature on a big wooden ship
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We took a taxi to the river in case any places were free
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There was an old guy with a beard
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And every kind of creature as far as the eye could see
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This old guy was the boss, he said,
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"I won't tell you no lie
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But there's more to this journey that is apparent to the eye"
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He said he'd heard God's message on the radio
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It was going to rain forever and he'd told him to go
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"I'll protect you all don't worry I'll be a father to you all
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I'll save two of every animal, no matter how small
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But I'll need some assistants to look after the zoo
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I can't see nobody better so you'll just have to do"
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I said, "Just tell me something before it's too late and we're gone
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I mean just how safe is this boat we'll be on?"
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"It's Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady"
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It rained for forty days and forty long nights
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I'd never seen rain like it and it looked like our old friend
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Was being proved right
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We had no time to worry though there was just to much to do
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Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo
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We had to wash all the animals we had to feed them too
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We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo
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She said, "Hey Baby I don't mean to be flip
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But it seems this old man is on some power trip"
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I said, "No, no sugar you must be wrong
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I mean look at the size of this boat we're on.
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We're as safe as houses, as safe as mother's milk
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He's as cool as November and as smooth as China silk
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He's God's best friend, he's got a seat on the board
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And life may be tough but we're sailing with the Lord."
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Woke up this morning and something had changed
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Like a room in my house had just been rearranged
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She said, "It's stopped raining and I know the guy's kind
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But if we stay here much longer I'm gonna lose my mind."
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So we said we had a mission for his favourite dove
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To see if there was any mercy from this great God above
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So to find dry land, away the white bird flew
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We didn't need no country just a rock would do
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When the dove came back to us, he threw down a twig
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It was manna from heaven and meant we could blow this gig
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"But the rock's too small," he said, "can't you see?"
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I said, "It's just perfect for her, it's perfect for me."
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock steady Rock steady
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Rock Steady
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Sting |