Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file Glad you wore your Gabardine pinstripes Ain't no kind of jeans allowed Glad you brought a bottle and not your wife Animals are dangerous in crowds Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file Go on over and say hello to Charlie Lane He'll let you blow his saxophone Don't lay there in the dark without Veronica Lake You should have left the wig at home Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file You got to know somebody Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Celebration' just for the rank and file Jumpin' and jumpin' Oh, Monica's been making every man in sight But, now she say's enough is enough This party is in honor of the will to survive So, Monica you mustn't give up Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Never give it up, no way no how You got to know somebody