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I sit here on the mountain as the water levels rise
Thinking about the good times saying my goodbyes
We all saw this coming - it was right before our eyes
This is the end of the world as we know it and it's no surprise

Amsterdam is sinking and Tokyo's in the sea
New York is just a river and Vietnam's an estuary
And there's only a lagoon where Venice used to be

We're all doomed
(Woah-oh-oh-oh)
The four horsemen are coming and we're marooned
(Woah-oh-oh-oh)
Time to go and colonise the moon
(Woah-oh-oh-oh)
This is the sound of impending doom (Woah-oh-oh-oh)

I sit here in my cabin and I watch the evening news
If you don't have an opinion they got plenty you can use
If you look into the Sun it's not just vision that you'll lose
And freedom of the press is now freedom to abuse

It's the politicians not the people that are supposed to serve
Politicians lack the backbone and people lack the nerve
Maybe it's true that we all get the government we deserve

We're all doomed
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)
The four horsemen are coming and we're marooned
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Time to go and colonise the moon
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)
This is the sound of impending doom
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)

While in the Middle East all hope has disappeared
The crusades went on for just a little longer than we feared
And now we're just arresting anyone with a beard

We're all doomed
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)
The four horsemen are coming and we're marooned
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Time to go and colonise the moon
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)
This is the sound of impending doom
(Who-oh-oh-oh-oh)

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from Man The Lifeboats EP & Extras, released June 18, 2018
Music by Man The Lifeboats
Lyrics by Rich Quarterman
Produced by Ed Ripley
Engineered by Simon Trought & Sam Beer
Recorded at Soup Studios on the Lightship 95
Mastered by Andy 'Hippy' Baldwin at Metropolis, London

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Man The Lifeboats London, UK

Man The Lifeboats play raucous, upbeat folk music, they craft songs with big choruses that tell stories. Songs with straight- up lyrics, pounding bass lines, lilting mandolin and fiddle melodies and stomping beats,

Man The Lifeboats have cultivated a sound that would not be out of place at a party at the end of the world. ... more

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