Many a truest word has been spoken by the Jester Standing against the tide Is the noblest of gestures It's the little pearls of wisdom That tumble from
of God As we haul in every line Should we find Fortune's Favour And be spared from the gale We will live off honest labour With our hearts as big as
Set off for America far across the ragin' sea From the frozen coves of my island home To the land of liberty I have to leave my girl behind Until I make
There's lots of fish in Bonavist harbour Lots of fish right in around here Boys and girls are fishing together 45 from Carbonear Catch a hold this
like you too My worst nightmare just came true We might be done but we're not through So drag me down just like you used to do Hold me down under the sea
The sun must set to rise The light will leave your eyes again Then breaking like morning's dawn Does summer feel the winter come The hardest part of
We've waited all this time This long and lonely time The light that trickles down It soaks into your eyes All I can send her The awkward pretender in
I'd walk a thousand miles for you honey I'd walk a thousand miles in the sun I'd give up both my eyes if I could Make you realize So why can't you see
I'm gone You can't get ahold of me So long It's coming over me I fly by And shatter the speed of sound Sky High And I never wanna come down Oh Yeah
a deal with the Devil And when I die I'm going Straight to Hell Oh Yeah I'm going Straight to Hell Standing at the Crossroads He offered wine women and song Riches, Fame and Fortune
Is it just me or a message from above Bells are ringing, push has finally come to shove The door before me now is opened just enough I'm sick and tired
If the last thing I see is your face If the last thing I feel is your embrace Then I would not be afraid I would go to a happy grave If the last thing
: There's lots of fish in Bonavist harbour Lots of fish right in around here Boys and girls are fishing together 45 from Carbonear Catch a hold this
for them. I'll come rolling back to town when my fortune comes around. Come and see your daughter again. I directed my stride to the river and the near by great
tavern and a fair girl he did see Ah come for one night, be my wife, oh come along with me He called for liquor of the best And he makes such fortune
I left my home, my family by the ocean Out on my own, to seek my fortune There's no work to occupy these young hands So look out boy! Your heading for
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
, Old Billy was right Let's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight You don't want to work, you want to live like a king But the big, bad world