Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye
  I said to my baby this sounds like a ticket for you and I
  It said volunteers wanted for a very special trip
  To commune with Mother Nature on a big wooden ship
  We took a taxi to the river in case any places were free
  There was an old guy with a beard
  And every kind of creature as far as the eye could see
    This old guy was the boss, he said,
  "I won't tell you no lie
  But there's more to this journey that is apparent to the eye"
  He said he'd heard God's message on the radio
  It was going to rain forever and he'd told him to go
  "I'll protect you all don't worry I'll be a father to you all
  I'll save two of every animal, no matter how small
  But I'll need some assistants to look after the zoo
  I can't see nobody better so you'll just have to do"
  I said, "Just tell me something before it's too late and we're gone
  I mean just how safe is this boat we'll be on?"
    "It's Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady"
    It rained for forty days and forty long nights
  I'd never seen rain like it and it looked like our old friend
  Was being proved right
  We had no time to worry though there was just to much to do
  Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo
  We had to wash all the animals we had to feed them too
  We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo
  She said, "Hey Baby I don't mean to be flip
  But it seems this old man is on some power trip"
  I said, "No, no sugar you must be wrong
  I mean look at the size of this boat we're on.
  We're as safe as houses, as safe as mother's milk
  He's as cool as November and as smooth as China silk
  He's God's best friend, he's got a seat on the board
  And life may be tough but we're sailing with the Lord."
    Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
    Woke up this morning and something had changed
  Like a room in my house had just been rearranged
  She said, "It's stopped raining and I know the guy's kind
  But if we stay here much longer I'm gonna lose my mind."
  So we said we had a mission for his favourite dove
  To see if there was any mercy from this great God above
  So to find dry land, away the white bird flew
  We didn't need no country just a rock would do
  When the dove came back to us, he threw down a twig
  It was manna from heaven and meant we could blow this gig
  "But the rock's too small," he said, "can't you see?"
  I said, "It's just perfect for her, it's perfect for me."
    Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady
  Rock steady Rock steady