One fateful night, Well i woke to hear that sound Like a gunshot, With both windows shaking loud. Great lengthy cries that came racing through the sky, From a fearsome wreck, A great dagger stuck in her deck. Crimson dawn, My heart was torn, A midnight rescue we were called upon, A freedom fire with burning eyes, A figure tangled up in turning tides So i cut her free and find.... This floating town it'd broke up, run aground When the call came out to put fair charlotte in So we ploughed those waves With a hundred left to save In the fading light, well i held on strong and tight Ill stay with you 'til the morning light In the turning tide Ill set you free Sharp rocks we braved, For the last hand i would save, It was a beauty fair With wild and tangled hair, Thick rope entwined well i cut her free and find That your fast embrace, well i held her face to face. So i cut her free and find In turning tides So i cut her free and find In turning tides Ill stay with you 'til the morning light Ill set you free It was a fateful night when i woke to hear that sound Like a gunshot, with both windows shaking loud.