Mona Lisa Of The Deep

V) Sailing on The Ship of Gold
Untold riches in the hold
From Panama to Caroline
18 years and in my prime
V) California far behind
Up the eastern seaboard line
The vessel moaned, the sails were
strained
We sailed into a hurricane
CH) He came ahead and waits for me
A wife of leisure soon to be
Now I wait in dreamless sleep
Mona Lisa of the Deep
V) SS Central she went down
400 sank without a sound
Fade to black and ivory white
The photograph I held so tight
V) In my finest dress of lace
See the smile there on my face
I held it for him all these years
So he would never see my tears
V) The letters on his gravestone read
My Mona Lisa of the Deep
I mourned your death my whole life
through
I wish I would have drowned with you