[Verse 1] Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip That started from the Tampa Bay Aboard a tiny ship The mates were a loving sailing pair The skipper brave and sure They had the ambition to take a trip To the island shores To the island shores [Verse 2] The ship set sail and the weather was fine They made it through the canal Then it got real bad and the wind was strong And the mighty whales came by The ship was struck and their hope was lost The spirit of the crew was tossed And with no way to save the ship They had to disembark They had to disembark [Chorus] There was the skipper and his wife too They did what they had to do With just their lives and a few supplies On a raft that was hardly new Stranded at sea [Verse 3] It was two months and six days Before they saw the shores It was a lovely fishing boat That saved them from their fate If not for the courage of the sailing crew They'd have died in their doom In the waters so blue [Chorus] There was the skipper and his wife too They did what they had to do With just their lives and a few supplies On a raft that was hardly new Stranded at sea
