Saturday, January 13, 2007

"Gangplank to Heaven"

Here are the lyrics to Susan and Dan's first dance. Composed by Derek, to the tune of "Stairway to Heaven"

There’s a lady named Sue,
Who found her love true,
Now she’s walking the gangplank to heaven.
When she gets to its end,
Well you know she’ll find Dan,
And they’ll sail off together, hand in hand.

Oooh, oooh, and they’re walking the gangplank to heaven.
There’s a sign on the head,
It says "Flush, or you’re dead,"
Cause you know sometimes he leaves the seat up.
And she’ll say, "Swab the deck,
Or I’ll give you heck!"
And at times Dan will feel kind of beat up.

And it keeps me thinking,
How they keep from sinking.

There’s a feeling they’ll get,
When they’re both soaking wet,
In a storm off the coast of Saint Catharines.
And Dan will complain,
They should just take a plane,
At least planes have some half-normal bathrooms.

And it keeps me thinking,
How do they keep from sinking?

If there’s a rustle in your ship’s hold,
Don’t be alarmed now,
It’s prob’ly Susie renova-ting.
Just make sure she don’t knock the walls down,
Because you’ll both drown,
You’ll feel your ship slowly sinking…

And as they sail the lake so cold,
They’ll swab the decks and clean the hold,
And scrape the barnacles and mold,
Until they look all grey and old,
But still their smiles will shine like gold,

And if we listen very hard,
We’ll hear them hauling on the yards,
They’ll need a drink to get them through,
So here’s a toast to Dan and Sue…

Cause they’re walking the gangplank to heaven.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Possibly the best part of the whole event was how nobody knew when to come in after the instrumental parts of 'gangplank to heaven'.