Am This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one F7M C E It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm Am It was 1987 and winter nearly gone F7M C E On that Friday running late with rolling off and rolling on Am Trucks and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side F7M Someone had to close the back door C E That day it must have slipped his mind Am He was fast asleep in his cabin, tired from cleaning out the hall F7M C E While passengers were eating, indulging duty-free-for-all F7M G C Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G C Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G Am Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G C In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire Am Sailing with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in F7M C E As they passed the Outer Mole the disaster could begin Am A hundred yards from the shore right outside a Belgian port F7M C E The lights went out the ship turned around and fell to starboard Am Then nothing but silence, silence and the cold F7M C E Herald and her sisters never fit the mold F7M G C Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G C Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G Am Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G C In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire Am Two months later she was refloated a final one-way trip exchange F7M C E Pensioned off into the Thirld World where they named her Flushing Range Am But in ?88 she broke in two, probably because of guilt F7M Pride and Spirit changed their names C E They were all doomed since they were built F7M G C Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G C Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G Am Herald of Free Enterprise F7M G C In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire Am This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one F7M C E It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm Am I was just a boy then, holding daddy?s hands F7M C E Watching on tv how Herald?s time came to an end
