STING - Rock Steady lyrics

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