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| 1. |
| 3:40 | 
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When you're in love, there's no time and no space
There's a permanent smile on your face Your friends all complain that you're going insane But the truth is they're just afraid Chorus Hey somewhere, you threw your fear in the Sea of No Cares Hey somewhere, you threw your fear in the Sea of No Cares When you decide that what counts is inside Your friends all say it's a lie But there's no brighter light than the look in her eyes When you're walking her home through the night Chorus Bridge Let your self go with the tide There's an angel by your side Tonight Back at the bar getting cynically stoned Your friends are drinking alone But it's funny, they don't even cross your mind When she asks you into her home Chorus x2 |
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| 2. |
| 2:45 |
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Penelope works in the market
Down in the coconut trees She's savin' up all her money To go to America across the sea She once had an uncle He lived in Detroit town They got all his postcards But his body has never been found Till this day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah Till this day-ay-ay-ay-yeah Till this day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah Till this day-ay-ay-ay-yeah She got a job as a domestic Workin' for minimum wage From all her friends back home in Jamaica They say 'you really got it made in the shade' But they don't see her sweat and grime And bendin' on her knees She wishes she were back in Jamaica Beneath the coconut trees Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day, yeah Every day, yeah Penelope's back in the market She found out what it was all about Nah, no she doesn't regret it She's just glad that she got out But other's aren't so lucky They're there till the day they die Trapped in the steel and concrete No beach, no moon, no sky Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah |
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| 3. |
| 4:14 |
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You left in the morning
You left without a word Did you get what you came for? Is this what I deserve? Oh I know The silence was the loudest thing I've ever heard Where do we stand? What am I supposed to do? Give me the clearest indication I'm not alone with you Reach out your hand In a world I thought I knew I need the clearest indication The clearest indication from you Did we have all we wanted And let it slip away in time? Like a country divided 51 to 49. Years ago I suppose we just can't seem to make up our minds Where do we stand? What am I supposed to do? Give me the clearest indication I'm not alone with you Reach out your hand In a world I thought I knew I need the clearest indication The clearest indication from you Oh times like these it's hard to see With any kind of clarity What's the point of wondering anymore? So much I just can't figure out I'd love to know without a doubt For sure, for sure Where do we stand? What am I supposed to do? Give me the clearest indication I'm not alone with you Reach out your hand In a world I thought I knew I need the clearest indication The clearest indication from you (x4) From you. |
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| 4. |
| 3:09 |
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Well I came into a scoldin wife a few short years ago
And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe My wife she is a tyrant around the room and in I should sell her to the devil for a glass or two of gin Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man And she'll get up and dress herself and go and have her dram I never chance to say a word it's well I know my due She'll follow me with the fire n shovel up and down the room And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head When I come home at dinner time I'll find her drunk in bed When I come home at supper time with patience I must stop Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slop And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again Well once I asked me scoldin wife if I could go to bed She scarce gave me an hour on the pillow to lay me head When like a roarin lion she came bustin down to the door She caught me by the middle an threw me naked on the floor And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again Now me and my campanions go to a public place She'll search around the neighbourhood until she finds my face She'll hoist me up and ridicule before the company Sayin "Petticoats is your master and forever more shall be" And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again |
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| 5. |
| 3:20 |
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I don't mind confiding,
That I make stupid mistakes, Been mislead and misguided, And I'm easily lead astray You can dance with disaster, Never missing a step, Spinning faster and faster, Long after I've already slipped, But in the middle of it all, You'll always break my fall, In the middle of it all Chorus: Over and over, again and again You come through the door with out stumbling in, I'm twisted and tangled and soaked to the skin, You come through the door without stumbling in, again Pulled in every direction, Have a million regrets, And your the perfect protection, When I'm down in over my head In the middle of it all You always break my fall, in the middle of it all Chorus And there's bones in my closet, I've collected quite a few, God knows what causes, An angel to love a fool An angel to love a fool In the middle of it all, You always break my fall In the middle of it Chorus I'm stumbling in again, ( Again) I'm stumbling in again, ( Again) I'm stumbling in again, ( Again) I'm stumbling in again, |
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| 6. |
| 2:56 |
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Oh Gideon lived across the bay
He's gettin' older now His boat is big and strong and bold She has a stalward bow But my father's boat was second hand One someone used before And after every fishing trip My father always swore That someday he would save enough To go to St. John's town And buy himself a big new boat A boat like Gideon Brown A boat like Gideon Brown Confederation came around And the days of old age pension He said 'Son I'm saving every cent' And this you must not mention You save the baby bonus too And things just might turn around And we'll have enough to buy a boat A boat like Gideon Brown Chorus: 'Cause she can punch ahead in any gale And ride the fishing ground I often thought how proud I'd be In a boat like Gideon Brown In a boat like Gideon Brown Many years did pass away And Dad began to fade He didn't talk of boats too much He said 'Son I'm afraid' If things don't soon improve Then I'll be underground Before we ever get to see ourselves In a boat like Gideon Brown Chorus I sat and held his hand one day And he said 'Son, that policy' The insurance is all in your name You're the beneficiary And when I'm gone they'll pay you off Then go to St. John's town And buy yourself a big new boat A boat like Gideon Brown Chorus (2x) |
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| 7. |
| 5:22 |
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Waiting for the night time gale to sing
Waiting for the harbour lights to dim I've been on the outside looking in While the widow in the window waits for him But he won't be back Can't you realise that? And he's laughing at your sorrow Waiting for a ship that won't come in Waiting for a tear to reach her chin I'm knocking but she will not let me in And he won't be back Can't you realise that? And he's laughing at your sorrow. How can I explain your love is all in vain While he wastes your precious hours I could fill your days with flowers. How can I replace the smile upon the face of a lover that I can never be. How can I begin to make you love again I tried to make you see. That he won't be back Can't you realise that? And he's laughing at your sorrow. No he won't be back Can't you realise that? And hes laughing at your sorrow. How can I explain that your love is all in vain While he wastes your precious hours I could fill your days with flowers.. Flowers..... |
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| 8. |
| 3:06 |
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It's of a bold young smuggler
From Fortune he did sail He rode the waves from St. Pierre And never saw the jail He filled her up with contraband Perfume, smokes and rum He hoped the fog was thick enough To make another run Chorus: You can still see the sight On a winter's night Of his wake in the light of the moon If the wind turns right If you don't take fright You can smell that French perfume But the Mountie boat was waiting As he crawled up Fordger Bay And when they hit the spotlight It was like the light of day He didn't bring her head round When they told him to heave to He opened up the engines And he ran for Spanish Room Chorus They said they heard him laughing With the Mounties closing in His engines screaming murder And his face set in a grin The seagulls started lifting Like an angry banshee choir He hit the rocks at 50 clicks And the sky lit up with fire It's of of a bold young smuggler From Fortune he did sail He rode the waves from St. Pierre And he never saw the jail And when it's cold and foggy On the rocks near Spanish Room They say you hear him laughing And you smell that French perfume Chorus (2x) |
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| 2:34 |
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In Yarmouth Town
there lived a man He had a little tavern by the Strand And the landlord has a daughter fair pretty little thing with golden hair Won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town One night there came a sailor man he asked the daughter for her hand "Well, I won't marry you," she said "I have all I want without being wed But if with me you'd like to linger I'll tie some string around my finger And as ya walk by pull on my string and I'll come down and let you right in Won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town Won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town Well, the very next day at closing time the sailor man goes off to the Strand And as he walks by, pull son that string and she came down and let him right in Now he's never seen such a sight before-- A string around her finger was all she wore Oh, Won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town Won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town So all you men who to Yarmouth go You see those girls with their hair hung low All ya gotta do is pull on their strings and they'll come down and let you right in Won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town Oh, won't ya come down Won't ya come down Won't ya come down to Yarmouth Town |
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| 3:45 | 
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| 11. |
| 3:53 |
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It takes a lot
To get to the top And a little just to fall from it And I think I've seen you here before Sometimes you fly so high So fast it makes you sick You won the battle and lost the war And I don't mind if you say Everytime you talk to me (everytime we talk) We came, we saw, we conquered and crumbled In our own true way We loved, we fought, We rocked and we tumbled In our own true way (x2) Well I believe in the brotherhood And the good of all mankind But I admit It's hard to find But if you want to talk Just come and talk It don't matter what the time Solitude is no friend of mine And I don't mind if you say Everytime you talk to me (everytime we talk) We came, we saw, we conquered and crumbled In our own true way We loved, we fought, We rocked and we tumbled In our own true way (x2) It's hard to be From a rock in the sea Living in a big steel town Finding unfamiliar faces all around You heard 'em telling stupid jokes You heard 'em laugh everytime you spoke But you don't let 'em put you down And I don't mind if you say Everytime you talk to me (x4) We came, we saw, we conquered and crumbled In our own true way We loved, we fought, We rocked and we tumbled In our own true way (x2) |
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| 12. |
| 2:53 |
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there's lots of fish in Bonavish Harbour
lots of fish right in around here boys and girls are fishing together 45 from Carbonear catch a hold this one catch a hold that one swing around this one swing around she dance around this one dance around that one didlle-um this one diddle-um dee |
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