[00:08.53]Aye, the footmen are frantic in their indignation,
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[00:13.28]You see, "The Queen's took a taxi herself to the station!"
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[00:17.91]Where the porters, surprised by her lack of Royal baggage,
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[00:22.27]Bustle her and three corgis to the rear of the carriage,
[00:26.26]
[00:26.95]For the train it is crammed with all Europe's nobility,
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[00:31.31]And there's none of them famous for their compatibility.
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[00:35.62]There's a fight over seats, "I beg pardon Your Grace,
[00:39.37]
[00:39.93]But you'll find that one's mine, so get back in yr place!"
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[00:45.15]"Aye, but where are they going?" All the porters debate,
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[00:50.02]"Why they're going to Newcastle and they daresn't be late,
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[00:54.45]For they're launching a boat on the Tyne at high tide,
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[00:58.76]And they've come from all over, from far and from wide."
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[01:03.55]There's the old Dalai Lama, aye and the Pontiff of Rome,
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[01:07.97]Every palace in Europe, and there's nay bugger home.
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[01:12.22]There's the Duchess of Cornwall and the loyal Prince of Wales,
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[01:17.03]Looking crushed and uncomfortable in his top hat and tails.
[01:21.26]"Why, they haven't got tickets," "Come now, it's just a detail,
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[01:25.88]There was no time to purchase and one simply has to prevail,
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[01:30.01]For we'll get to the shipyards or we'll end up in jail!"
[01:34.62]When the last ship sails.
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[01:39.11]Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[01:44.23]
[01:44.98]The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
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[01:49.16]As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[01:52.85]
[01:53.53]And the last ship sails.
[01:56.58]
[01:57.40]And whatever you'd promised, whatever you've done,
[02:02.08]
[02:02.70]And whatever the station in life you've become.
[02:07.01]In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,
[02:11.38]And no matter the weave of this life that you've spun,
[02:15.93]On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun,
[02:19.61]
[02:20.23]When the last ship sails.
[02:23.17]
[02:24.60]Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[02:29.35]
[02:30.34]The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[02:33.97]
[02:34.65]As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
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[02:39.04]And the last ship sails.