Great Big Sea – Fishermans Lament (Guitar)

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I stand in my doorway as the moon rises high

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Over glorious ocean, reflects the bright sky  

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My heart it is aching, so much I could die

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I've known only the ocean, since I was a boy

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And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea

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Some government bastard now takes it from me

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It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride

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I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide

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I fished with my father, so long long ago

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We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show

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We held our heads high, there was lots of fish then

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That was the time, when we were proud men

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We challenged great storms and sometimes we won

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Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun

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We worked and we toiled, we strained arm and brain

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We were a proud people, will we ere be again?

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And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea

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Some government bastard now takes it from me

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It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride

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I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide

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My father is gone now, and the fish are gone too.

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Abused and mis-managed, oh what can we do?

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I'm too old to change, but what of my sons,

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How will they know that we weren't the ones?

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DFO regulations permitted the rape

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 Of our beautiful ocean, from head land to cape

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They brought in big trollers, they tore up our twine

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Politians don't care for whats yours or whats mine!

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And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea

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Some government bastard now takes it from me

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It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride

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I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide

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You brave Newfoundlanders, now listen to me

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Shove the package to hell, go back to the sea

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If we don't stand our ground, we will fade away

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And the bones of our fathers will turn into clay

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And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea

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Some government bastard now takes it from me

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It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride

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I feel so ashamed that I just want to die