[Verse 1]

Just heard the news today, oh boy (Just heard the news today, oh boy)

Three thousand dead and thousands more to blame

But you can’t always trust the news

It’s just a mindless fishing game

Where the captain owns a mansion

And the skipper drives a Porsche

And at night, they play canasta

And they think of what’s gone wrong

As they silently float

[Chorus]

There once was a chance

When the sun rose up

To fly over the sea

Where Eden’s waiting for me

The shoreline opens its eyes

With brilliant rays of light

It warms the flesh and soul

And the cycle begins again

Back to where we began

As if a moth to the light

He was drawn to the night

Where substance makes him numb

[Verse 2]

The captain takes a pail

As the skipper takes his fill

As we’re waiting out the storm

And the skipper thinks that life

Is too short for all this strife

As he writes his portfolio

And the captain takes a stand

As he has nothing to lose

Only wearing his own shoes

And he says all engines on

And all phasers set to stun

At the edge of the world

[Chorus]

There once was a chance

When the sun rose up

To fly over the sea

Where Eden’s waiting for me

The shoreline opens its eyes

With brilliant rays of light

It warms the flesh and soul

And the cycle begins again

Back to where we began

As if a moth to the light

He was drawn to the night

Where substance makes him numb