VERSE 1
SHE’S A BIG OLD SHIP
AND SHE’S SITTING MIGHTY LOW IN THE WATER
CAUSE SHE’S BEEN ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE
EVERY SINCE THE DAY
THE BLOOD OF CALVARY BOUGHT HER
SHE’S WEATHERED VIOLENT STORMS
SOME PASSENGERS JUMPED OVER BOARD AND DROWNED
BUT SHE’S NOT JUST SOME TITANIC
SHE’S THE CHURCH AND SHE AIN’T GOIN’ DOWN
CHORUS :
SAIL OF OLD SHIP OF ZION
BRAVE WHAT LURKS IN THE COLD DARK NIGHT
SAIL ON OLD SHIP OF ZION
TILL YOU SEE THAT BEACON LIGHT
SAIL ON OLD SHIP OF ZION
HE’S ON BOARD YOU’RE NOT ALONE
SAIL ON TILL YOU HEAR THE CAPTAIN SAY
“LANDS IN SIGHT, YOU’VE MADE IT HOME”
VERSE 2:
THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED FROM A HILL OUTSIDE JERUSALEM
CAUGHT A BRAND NEW GUST OF WIND
WHEN SHE BREEZED THROUGH THE UPPER ROOM
RODE OUT A STORM WITH A JAIL CELL SONG AT MIDNIGHT
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SHE’S GONNA SINK
IN SOME MODERN DAY TYPHOON ?
CHORUS :
SAIL ON OLD SHIP OF ZION
HE’S ON BOARD, YOU’RE NOT ALONE
SAIL ON ‘TIL YOU HEAR THE CAPTAIN SAY
“LANDS IN SIGHT, YOU’VE MADE IT HOME”.
TAG :
SAIL ON OLD SHIP OF ZION
SAIL ON OLD SHIP OF ZION
SAIL ON OLD SHIP OF ZION
HE’S ON BOARD
I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THE CAPTAIN SAY
“CHURCH, YOU’VE MADE