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