One fateful night I woke to hear that sound Like a gun shot Both windows shaking loud Great lengthy cries They came racing from the sky From a fearsome wreck With grey daggers stuck in her neck Crimson dawn, my heart was torn A midnight rescue we were called upon Freedom fire with burning eyes Her figure tangled up in turning tides So I cut her free and fine This floating town It had broke up, run aground When the call came out To put fair Charlotte in So we ploughed those waves With a hundred left to save And in fading light Well I held on strong and tight Crimson dawn, my heart was torn A midnight rescue we were called upon Freedom fire with burning eyes Her figure tangled up in turning tides I'll stay with you, till the morning tides I'll set you free Sharp rocks we braved For the last hand I would save Was a beauty fair with wild, torn, tangled hair Thick rope entwined, well I cut her free and fine Into a fast embrace Well I held her face to face Crimson dawn, my heart was torn A midnight rescue we were called upon Freedom fire with burning eyes Her figure tangled up in turning tides So I cut her free and fine So I cut her free and fine I'll stay with you, till the morning tides I'll set you free I'll stay with you, till the morning tides I'll set you free It was a fateful night When I woke to hear that sound Like a gun shot With both windows shaking loud