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Great Big Sea - The Fisherman's Lament Lyrics

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  • I stand in my doorway as the moon rises high
  • Over glorious ocean, reflects the bright sky
  • My heart it is aching, so much I could die
  • I've known only the ocean, since I was a boy
  • [Chorus:]
  • And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
  • Some government bastard now takes it from me
  • It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
  • I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
  • I fished with my father, so long long ago
  • We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show
  • We held our heads high, there was lots of fish then
  • That was the time, when we were proud men
  • We challenged great storms and sometimes we won
  • Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun
  • We worked and we toiled, we strained our men brane
  • We were a proud people, will we ere be again?
  • [Chorus]
  • My father is gone now, and the fish are gone too.
  • Abused and mis-managed, oh what can we do?
  • I'm too old to change, but what of my sons,
  • How will they know that we weren't the ones?
  • DFO regulations permitted the rape
  • Of our beautiful ocean, from head land to cape
  • They brought in big trollers, they tore up our twine
  • Politians don't care for what's yours or what's mine!
  • [Chorus]
  • You brave Newfoundlanders, now listen to me
  • Shove the package to hell, go back to the sea
  • If we don't stand our ground, we will fade away
  • And the bones of our fathers will turn into clay
  • And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea
  • Some government bastard now takes it from me
  • It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride
  • I feel so ashamed that I just want to die.Back to the sea.

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