[Intro – Spoken, dramatic] Hey... hey you! Yes, you — the one with your hand on the helm. I’ve got to tell you something... something big, something heavy, something with 18 inch guns. It’s the tale of a steel beast, a legend of the sea... Gather 'round, Captains — this one’s for the YAMATO! [Verse 1] Oh the Yamato sails with a thunderous grace, Steel and fire on her armored face, From the isles of Japan to the ocean wide, She brings broadside death on the rising tide! [Chorus] Heave-ho, lads, let the salvo fly, Raise the sun 'neath the crimson sky! She's the queen of the seas, let the world all know — Don’t broadside dance with the Yamato! [Verse 2] Her citadel sleeps like a dragon’s lair, But poke her wrong and she’ll strip you bare, With shells like stars that light the night, She'll sink you clean in a single fight! [Chorus] Heave-ho, lads, let the salvo fly, Raise the sun 'neath the crimson sky! She's the queen of the seas, let the world all know — Don’t broadside dance with the Yamato! [Bridge – slower, solemn tone] Through fire and flood, through steel and flame, A warrior lost, yet earned her name. No port to call, no grave but the sea — She sails again, in our memory. [Verse 3] She’s slow to turn, aye, she’s wide and proud, But she’ll part your fleet like a storm-swept cloud, So pray you hide when her turrets swing, Or taste the wrath of the battleship king! [Final Chorus – louder, triumphant] Heave-ho, lads, let the salvo fly, Raise the sun 'neath the crimson sky! She's the queen of the seas, let the world all know — Don’t broadside dance with the YAMATO! [Outro shout] dance with the YA-MAA-TO! dance with the YA-MAA-TO! dance with the YA-MAA-TO!
