Swallowed up by the ocean Swallowed oh I hope you know this ship has finally come to rest We spent our lives together It should have last forever But now it's time to sail on So take this anchor from my heart So we can finally drift apart Before we drown

From the mud to the marble floors, minks galore Hustlin' on the corners, now we own the stores Fuck a million dollars, boy, I need a billi' for sure Ch-ch-ch-cheer tuckin' Billy Ocean, Billy Ocean More Billy's, more problems We got too many ways to solve

In the fall, in the fall, when the tide took them all I gave my life to save her The ocean turned to red Cut down like lambs at slaughter, Good men were left for dead Time rolling along with the waves, A thousand miles away Holding you close in the rain,