We drink to those lost at sea And never made it off the beach To those who won't make it home Buried in the salty deep Mother’s sons that we knew so well Without a care or a chance in hell Laid a life on a line in harm's way and out of mine So their brothers could live to tell So my brother could live to tell How the sky never looked so deep With the moon shining down on me I never known it before burning foreign shores Boys in flak and trench, prayers to stave off death unheard So old man pour another couple rounds on me Keep 'em coming and the rye in reach Be it shell shock or heartbreak We’re all dying for a stiffer drink Or dying on a line No god there to hear our plea Laid out and desperate No blood here left to bleed We drink to those lost at sea And never made it off the beach To those who won't make it home Buried in the salty deep Mother's sons that we knew so well Without a care or a chance in hell Laid a life on a line in harm's way and out of mine So their brothers could live to tell So old man pour another couple rounds on me Keep 'em coming and the rye in reach Be it shell shock or heartbreak Or dying on a line No god there to hear our plea We've been laid out and desperate So my brother could live to tell So my brother and I