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St. John's Shore

from Lucky Day (2005) by Dan Frechette

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St. John’s Shore

Did you wake up misty flying free
when your daddy was a fisherman on the sea?
and you could have quite a laugh with his company
off the banks of old St. John's ?

when the cod was clean and plentiful as air
you could net a whole school a few feet under there
never thinking about the political fare
off the banks of old St. John's .

(chorus) sail away from St. John's shore
sail until you fail no more
sail until the justice rises
like sunshine over their lies

Did you dream of someday sailing that boat
that your father sold with his weather coat?
He fished until the coast was clear
then retired to the town of Carbonear.

When in the days of fancy free
there was a dream waiting there for you and me
and we all parted ways with the fishery
and the banks of old St. John's .

(chorus) sail away from St. John's shore
sail until you fail no more
sail until the justice rises
like sunshine over their lies
the nets are met with less and less
we find nets in offices
tangle futures hedge our bets
sail away from the St. John's shore

Your father's gone to his early grave
the children have dreams and they scrape and save might afford to go to school someday
near the banks of old St. John's

You say you will sail on a yacht at sea
but it wouldn't mean a damn to your family
cause you say you'll just be wishing for a fishing spree and the banks of old St. John's

(chorus)

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from Lucky Day (2005), released January 28, 2005

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