| 16 fathoms down
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| Where my ship is bound
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| Another drop in the ocean
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| 16 fathoms down
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| She said, «Sailor man, believe me
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| I stand on solid ground
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| You say your plan is to leave me
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| And sail out from this town
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| You know prophecy runs in my family
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| I know where your ship is bound
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| One day you’re going to find yourself
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| 16 fathoms down."
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| 16 fathoms down
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| Where my soul is bound
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| Another drop in the ocean
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| 16 fathoms down
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| I didn’t pay no mind to her
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| I just turned around
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| My ship lies out in the harbor
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| I sail out from this town
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| My thoughts become uneasy
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| Her words keep turning 'round
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| I pray that I won’t find myself
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| 16 fathoms down
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| 16 fathoms down
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| Where my soul is bound
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| Another drop in the ocean
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| 16 fathoms down
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| Girl, it nuh matter weh yuh do and it nuh matter weh say
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| Yuh try break mi but it nuh work today
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| It nuh matter weh u do and it nuh matter weh yuh say
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| Mi wear di crown and yuh caan teck it weh
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| Yuh think mi was a loser but mi tell yuh say wrong
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| A nuff woman a road dem waan mi fi be dem man
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| Positivity surround mi
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| Mi nuh waan nutten negative round mi
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| A storm will rage inside me
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| As I sail out on the sound
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| I pray to God this darkness pass
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| I pray that I won’t drown
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| Now the sails are blown to bloody rags
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| The mizzen mast come down
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| The prophecy has doomed me
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| 16 fathoms down
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| Of course, God come to find me
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| In the place where the ship went down
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| The prophecy will bind me
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| And that’s where I’ll be drowned
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| 16 fathoms down
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| Where my ship is bound
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| Another drop in the ocean
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| 16 fathoms down
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| Girl, it nuh matter weh yuh do and it nuh matter weh say
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| Yuh try break mi but it nauh work today
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| It nuh matter weh u do and it nuh matter weh yuh say
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| Mi wear di crown and yuh caan teck it weh
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| Yuh think mi was loser but mi tell yuh say wrong
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| A nuff woman a road dem waan mi fi be dem man
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| Positivity surround mi
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| 16 fathoms down |