One of our submarines is missing tonight   Seems she ran aground on manoeuvres   One of our submarines      A hungry heart   To regulate their breathing   One more night   The Winter Boys are freezing in their spam time   The Baltic moon   Along the northern seaboard   And down below   The Winter Boys are waiting for the storm      Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye   Shallow water - channel and tide      And I can trace my history   Down one generation to my home   In one of our submarines   One of our submarines      The red lights flicker, sonar weak   Air valves hissing open   Half her pressure blown away   Flounder in the ocean   See the Winter Boys   Drinking heavy water from a stone      Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye   Shallow water - channel and tide   Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye   Tired illusion drown in the night      And I can trace my history   Down one generation to my home   In one of our submarines   One of our submarines   One of our submarines