Fisherman's Lament Lyrics - Great Big Sea - Great Big Sea

I stand in my doorway as the moon rises high 

Over glorious ocean, reflects the bright sky 

My heart it is aching, so much I could die 

I've known only the ocean, since I was a boy 

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And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea 

Some government bastard now takes it from me 

It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride 

I feel so ashamed that I just want to hide 

I fished with my father, so long long ago 

We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show 

We held our heads high, there was lots of fish then 

That was the time, when we were proud men 

We challenged great storms and sometimes we won 

Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun 

We worked and we toiled, we strained our men brane 

We were a proud people, will we ere be again? 

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My father is gone now, and the fish are gone too. 

Abused and mis-managed, oh what can we do? 

I'm too old to change, but what of my sons, 

How will they know that we weren't the ones? 

DFO regulations permitted the rape 

Of our beautiful ocean, from head land to cape 

They brought in big trollers, they tore up our twine 

Politians don't care for whats yours or whats mine! 

CHORUS 

You brave Newfoundlanders, now listen to me 

Shove the package to hell, go back to the sea 

If we don't stand our ground, we will fade away 

And the bones of our fathers will turn into clay 

And I spent my whole life, out there on the sea 

Some government bastard now takes it from me 

It's not just the fish, they've taken my pride 

I feel so ashamed that I just want to die. 

Back to the sea.