Van der Graaf Generator Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship Oh, the heptagenarians got behind the decks While the skeleton crew went through the motions It was only the medication that was keeping them erect Yeh, the devil got the best tunes So god knows what comes next And it s difficult to think of anything less magic Than the aged in pursuit of the hip At the lifeboat station there s a mounting They re going overboard for this one Abandon ship Oh, the humanitarians took themselves below While they tried to debate the latest motion; Meanwhile only the medication served to keep them on the go So it s devil take the hindmost: We sail on the sloop John Doe And it s difficult to think of anything that s factual Now we find ourselves in Alzheimer s grip; So at disembarkation it s no names, no packdrill We re all anonymous on this one Abandon ship