[Intro]
One of our submarines
Is missing tonight
Seems she ran aground on manoeuvres
One of our submarines

[Verse 1]
A hungry heart
To regulate their breathing
One more night
The Winter Boys are freezing in their spam tin

A Baltic moon
Along the northern seaboard
And down below
The Winter Boys are waiting for the storm

[Chorus]
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water, channel and tide
And I can trace my history
Down a generation to my home
In one of our submarines
(One of our submarines)

[Verse 2]
The red light flicker, sonar weak
Air valves hissing open
Half her pressure blown away
Flounder in the ocean
See the Winter Boys drinking heavy water from a stone

[Chorus]
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water, channel and tide
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Tired illusion drown in the night
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines

[Outro]
One of our submarines
One of our submarines
One of our submarines
Is missing tonight
Seems she ran aground on manoeuvres
One of our submarines