Pump Shanty
The Mechanisms
[Verse 1]
A wiser man than I once spoke
That life at heart is all a joke
But he was not embroiled in smoke
So it’s pump, me boys, before we choke

[Chorus]
Pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home

[Verse 2]
The image of my sweetheart’s face
It fires the heart and sets the pace
Whate’er the time, whate’er the place
I’ll find him through the depths of space

[Chorus]
Singing pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home
[Verse 3]
I long to lie atop my bed
With pleasant dreams inside my head
But pumping’s all I get instead
I’ll only sleep among the dead

[Chorus]
Pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home

[Verse 4]
My blood is pooling on the floor
And every second I lose more
But there’s so many meds in store
I’ll do the work of three or four

[Chorus]
Singing pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home

[Verse 5]
The engine fumes will scorch your lungs
The smog is thick, your eyes are stung
But there’s no clean air left to run
This pumping business ain’t much fun
[Chorus]
Singing pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home

[Verse 6]
The outer hull is shot to hell
The thrust has just one plasma cell
My joints and muscles ache and swell
So fuck the Rose, and you as well!

[Chorus]
Pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home

[Verse 7]
A transport mission gone awry
Attacked by Cole and left to fry
Is no excuse, boys, let us cry:
“Today is not the day we die!”

[Chorus]
Pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home
[Instrumental]

1,2,3,4!

[Chorus FASTER]
Singing pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home

[Chorus FASTER]
I said pump, me boys, let her fly
Down to hell and up to the sky
Bend your backs and break your bones
We’re just a million miles from home
Write the lyrics for a rock song made in 2012, titled "Pump Shanty", by artist "The Mechanisms".