You crafted and caressed her with a careful hand   But the lady didn’t understand   And you riveted and plated her til morning   But with a coil or a careless spark   Or a tumble in the dark   She’ll leave her mark upon you without warning      You can float a boat of steel upon the ocean   You can fix it up with nuts and bolts and toil   But you can’t weld a body when it’s broken      The lady she’s as fair as Desdemona   She swallowed you up just like Jonah   And there the air inside her belly ailed you   And no-one saw you fall   And they did not hear your call   And your breath it faltered just before it failed you      On a cruiser that was fitted by your father   You anchored in San Carlos harbour   But the lady at the helm she was not for turning   And in your bell bottoms blue   In April 82   You bid adieu and watched all you knew burning