Lord Grenville Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn 

It's time to haul the anchor up and leave the land astern 

We'll be gone before the dawn returns 

Like voices onthe wind. 

Go and tell Lord Grenville that our dreams have run aground 

There's nothing here to keep us in this shanty town 

None of us are caring where we're bound 

Like voices on the wind. 

And come the day you'll hear them saying 

"They're throwing it all away" 

Nothing more to say 

Just throwing it all away. 

Go and fetch the captain's log and tear the pages out 

We're on our way to nowhere now, can't bring the helm about 

None of us are left in any doubt 

We won't be back again. 

Send a message to the fleet, they'll search for us in vain 

We won't be there among the reaches of the Spanish Main 

Tell the ones we left home not to wait 

We won't be back again. 

And come the day you'll hear them saying 

"They're throwing it all away" 

Nothing more to say 

Just throwing it all away. 

Our time is just a point along a line 

That runs forever with no end 

I never thought that we would come to find 

Ourselves upon these rocks again. 

Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn...