Intro D A Em   D A D

VERSE 1
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I was born under the stars,
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Never meant to journey far
           
From all the faces and the place
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That I called home
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And my father lived the same
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And his father before him
 
But now I see in my son's eyes
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Something has changed
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And the smoke it has stopped rising
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From the chimney up the road
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And the light no longer shines over the door
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Last year I lent a hand
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The haul the boats unto the land 
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They've been lyin' there for nineteen months Or more
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And I wonder will they lie there evermore

VERSE 2
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Wasn't many years ago
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That the men 'round here would go
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Out in there skiffs and haul their traps out on the bay
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And then shortly they'd return
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Loaded down from stem to stern
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And we'd off the fish then stow the gear away
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Now the waters are as barren
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As the cliff that guard the cove 
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And catch the north wind blowin' off the shore
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And I wonder how an ocean 
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Turns as lifeless as a stone
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And I wonder can the sea revive once more
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And I wonder will they lie there evermore

Solo
VERSE 3
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Well I hear some people say
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We'd be better off to stay ashore
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And train for jobs outside the fishery 
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Now wouldn't I look like a fool? 
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To go traipsin' off to school
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After forty years of livin' of the sea 
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Now my son he's barely twenty-one
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And handy at the trawl
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For years he helped my fish the Labrador
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Now he's movin' to Ontario before the first snowfall
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Dad theirs nothin' left for me 'round here no more
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And I wonder will I see his children born
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And I wonder will they lie there evermore