Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
That's almost a hundred feet and the water's cold
Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
I ran into Boondock Charlie down in New Orleans
He told me about a sunken treasure I began to dream
All that gold within my reach I could do a lot of things
I could win the love of Nell the belle of New Orleans
But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Sixteen fathoms down the water's cold cold cold yeah
Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
We rigged our sails then set our course south from New Orleans
But the wind lay low and the trip was slow to the far off Carribean
Well our tongues were dry and the sun was hot in the Carribean sky
And I begin to think that Charlie had told me another lie
But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Sixteen fathoms down the water's cold cold cold yeah
Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Well we put on our scuba tanks and plunged beneath the depths
Where a hundred sharks attacked us and Charlie met his d**h
I guess somehow that I was lucky I came out alive
But Boondock Charlie's driftin' somewhere beneath the Carribean tide
But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Sixteen fathoms down the water's cold cold cold yeah
Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold