[ti:The Fisherman's Lament]
[ar:Great Big Sea]
[al:Great Big Sea]
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[00:00.00]The Fisherman's Lament - Great Big Sea
[00:11.88]I stand in my doorway as the moon rises high
[00:16.49]Over glorious ocean
[00:18.98]Reflects the bright sky
[00:21.67]My heart it is aching
[00:23.92]So much I could die
[00:26.47]I've known only the ocean
[00:29.07]Since I was a boy
[00:32.54]And I spent my whole life out there on the sea
[00:37.74]Some government bastard now takes it from me
[00:42.56]It's not just the fish they've taken my pride
[00:47.70]I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
[01:02.96]I fished with my father
[01:05.20]So long long ago
[01:07.74]We were proud of our trade
[01:10.15]And in us it did show
[01:12.95]We held our heads high
[01:15.23]There was lots of fish then
[01:18.14]That was the time when we were proud men
[01:24.28]We challenged great storms and sometimes we won
[01:29.02]Faced death and disaster
[01:31.53]We rose with the sun
[01:34.24]We worked and we toiled
[01:36.39]We strained arm and brain
[01:39.24]We were a proud people
[01:41.49]Will we ere be again
[01:45.15]And I spent my whole life out there on the sea
[01:50.27]Some government bastard now takes it from me
[01:55.15]It's not just the fish they've taken my pride
[02:00.34]I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
[02:15.73]My father is gone now
[02:17.94]And the fish are gone too
[02:20.59]Abused and mis managed
[02:22.86]Oh what can we do
[02:25.56]I'm too old to change
[02:27.84]But what of my sons
[02:30.74]How will they know that we weren't the ones
[02:36.59]DFO regulations permitted the rape
[02:41.58]Of our beautiful ocean
[02:44.09]From head land to cape
[02:46.59]They brought in big trollers
[02:48.93]They tore up our twine
[02:51.68]Politicians don't care for what's yours or what's mine
[02:57.68]And I spent my whole life out there on the sea
[03:02.80]Some government bastard now takes it from me
[03:07.72]It's not just the fish they've taken my pride
[03:12.81]I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide
[03:30.71]You brave Netherlanders
[03:33.12]Now listen to me
[03:35.38]Shove the package to hell
[03:37.91]Go back to the sea
[03:41.68]If we don't stand our ground
[03:44.15]We will fade away
[03:46.64]And the bones of our fathers will turn into clay
[03:53.05]And I spent my whole life
[03:55.40]Out there on the sea
[03:57.84]Some government bastard now takes it from me
[04:02.80]It's not just the fish
[04:05.39]They've taken my pride
[04:07.94]I feel so ashamed that I just want to die
[04:31.08]Back to the sea