VERSE 1
I was born under the stars,
A DNever meant to journey far
From all the faces and the place
That I called home
DAnd my father lived the same
A DAnd his father before him
But now I see in my son's eyes
G ASomething has changed
G AAnd the smoke it has stopped rising
From the chimney up the road
A GAnd the light no longer shines over the door
D ALast year I lent a hand
The haul the boats unto the land
D A GThey've been lyin' there for nineteen months Or more
D A DAnd I wonder will they lie there evermore
VERSE 2
DWasn't many years ago
A DThat the men 'round here would go
Out in there skiffs and haul their traps out on the bay
DAnd then shortly they'd return
A DLoaded down from stem to stern
And we'd off the fish then stow the gear away
G ANow the waters are as barren
G DAs the cliff that guard the cove
And catch the north wind blowin' off the shore
D AAnd I wonder how an ocean
D EmTurns as lifeless as a stone
And I wonder can the sea revive once more
D A DAnd I wonder will they lie there evermore
Solo
VERSE 3
DWell I hear some people say
We'd be better off to stay ashore
D G AAnd train for jobs outside the fishery
DNow wouldn't I look like a fool?
To go traipsin' off to school
G AAfter forty years of livin' of the sea
G ANow my son he's barely twenty-one
And handy at the trawl
D A GFor years he helped my fish the Labrador
D A G EmNow he's movin' to Ontario before the first snowfall
Dad theirs nothin' left for me 'round here no more
D A GAnd I wonder will I see his children born
D A DAnd I wonder will they lie there evermore
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