I, the footman, are frantic in their indignation.
You see, the Queen's took a taxi, herself to the station,
where the porter, surprised by a lack of royal baggage,
bustled her and three corgis to the rear of the carriage,
for the train it is crammed with all Europe's nobility,
and there's none of them famous for their compatibility.
There's a fight over seats, I beg pardon your grace,
but you'll find that one's mine, so get back in your place.
Ah, but where are they going?
Ah, the porter's debate, why they're going to Newcastle,
and they're destined to be late for their lunch,
and are bought on the tiny tie-tied,
and they've come from all over, from far and from wide.
There's the old Dalai Lama, aye, and the Pontiff of Rome,
every palace in Europe, and their sneak * home.
There's the Duchess of Cornwall, ah, the loyal Prince of Wales,
looking crushed and uncomfortable, in his top hat and tails,
sway, they haven't got tickets, and come now, it's just the detail,
there was no time to purchase him,
and one simply has to prevail, for we'll get to the shipyards,
or we'll end up in jail when the last ship sails.
Oh, the roar of the trains, and the cracking of timbers,
the noise at the end of the world in your ears,
as a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
and the last ship sails.
And whatever you promise, whatever you've done,
and whatever the stationary life you become,
in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,
and no matter the weave of this life that you've spun,
on the earth or in heaven or under the sun,
when the last ship sails.
Oh, the roar of the trains, and the knocking of the doors,
the noise of the trains, and the cracking of timbers,
the noise at the end of the world in your ears,
as a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
and the last ship sails.
Oh, the roar of the trains, and the cracking of timbers,
the noise at the end of the world in your ears,
when the last ship sails.
Oh, the roar of the trains, and the knocking of the doors,
the noise at the end of the world in your ears,
when the last ship sails.