you saw the clothes and instinctively called for me you said it was far too cold to swim and he was too far out the sea but i had the hands of a clock beating me there was no time to deflate my evening with heroics like these i m not sure what came over me my friend i must said he s not drowning but waving but you would not relent i know my hands are shaking but it s not cowardice again that stopped me from jumping in we re stood with water only up to our shins there is a storm blowing in do i have to shoulder this one if you wade in then i ll wade in will i be blamed for this one a freezing mist comes rolling in i will be blamed for this one i saw him first beaten and broken by waves straight away i knew you d try and convince that he could be saved so much to prove you loved first aid it s not my fault that you listened to me when i said you that it was already too late there is a storm blowing in do i have to shoulder this one if you wade in then i ll wade in will i be blamed for this one a freezing mist comes rolling in i will be blamed for this one afraid you ll turn on me and i ll go down for this we re both to blame you know it well we ll have to shoulder this one i won t tell if you won t tell we ll have to live with this one a freezing mist comes rolling in i will be blamed for this one