Herald of Free Enterprise
(Robb Johnson)

The sun goes down now 'cross the sea
We're homeward bound now, and on the duty-free
The harbour's quiet and the kids asleep
Tired out from Europe on the cheap

There are no poor now, we all have cars
They're parked down below now, we took off the stars
On television, if not the sky
The ocean moves us, we don't ask why

We feel the ship slip out from the land
We're pleased our trip went just like we planned
We see the lights along the shore
Not the overworked crew, not the open door

And in the cruel dark sea our lives go down
In Zeebrugge Harbour all night we drown
Now the owners grow old while we all die young
With the blue murder stuck in our lungs

'Cause the ship we sail, and the flag she flies
It is the Herald of Free Enterprise
Yes the ship we sail, and the flag she flies
It is the Herald of Free Enterprise

And they can salvage our ship up from the bottom of the sea
Recycle pop stars to sing Let it be
Sell lorries for scrap, whitewash the company
But they can make no more money out of me

And each life lost, much loved, much missed
And all of our lives're on some passenger list
It's too late for 'Mayday', you sink too fast
When profits come first and people's losses come last

And the ship we sail, and the flag she flies
It is the Herald of Free Enterprise
Yes the ship we sail, and the flag she flies
It is the Herald of Free Enterprise

(as sung by Roy Bailey)