Paul Gross - Robert MacKenzie lyrics

32 down on the Robert Mackenzie 32 men on a Great Lakes boat Quit the pier at Thunder Bay 28,000 tons of coal On a cold November day 800 feet and 10 more long 80 feet across The steel mills of Detroit Our destination through the frost At 2 AM on the 2nd Waves were runnin' up to 40 feet Winds were blowing 60 miles Our engines crankin' heat At 3:13 we took a wave Our wheelhouse ran behind The radar slipped beneath the waves And we were runnin' blind Hear me call across the waves If I don't come home tonight I will make it home some day (Steel boats and iron men) 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie (Steel boats and iron men) 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie (Steel boats and iron men) 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Our captain name of Phillips Seekin' shelter from the storm Turned us South of Bete Gris Bay By way of Keweenaw Point But the wind was pushin at such a rate We ended up driftin' North A wave broke over a knife of rock Six Fathom Shoal Mackenzie she was cut in half The stern she rammed the bow The men were caught in metal junks Flames burned out of hell Stern kept running on lights of blades Not one man would be found Captain's last transmission read 32 men down 32 men down Hear me call across the waves If I don't come home tonight I will make it home someday (Steel boats and iron men) 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie (Steel boats and iron men) 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie (Steel boats and iron men) 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Hear me call across the waves If I don't come home tonight I will make it home someday Yes, I call across the waves If i don't come home tonight I will make it home some day