Sea Of No Cares

Sea of No Cares

When you're in love there's no time and no space

There's a permanent smile on your face

Your friends all complain that you're going insane

But the truth is they're just afraid

Chorus:

Hey (hey) hey somewhere

You threw your fear in the sea of no cares

Hey (hey) hey somewhere

You threw your fear in the sea of no cares

When you decide that what counts is inside

Your friends all say it's a lie

But there's no brighter light than the look in her eyes

When you're walking her home through the night

Chorus

Let yourself go with the tide

There's an angel by your side

Tonight

Throw your fear in the sea

Back at the bar getting cynically stoned

Your friends are drinking alone

But it's funny 'cause they don't even cross your mind

When she asks you into her home

Chorus

You threw your fear in the sea (2x)

Penelope

Every day

Penelope works in the market

Down in the coconut trees

She's saving up all her money

To go to America across the sea

She once had an uncle

He lived in Detroit town

They got all his postcards

But his body has never been found

To this day

She got a job as a domestic

Workin' for the minimum wage

To all her friends back home in Jamaica

They say 'You really got it made in the shade'

But they don't see her sweat and grime

And her bendin' on her knees

She wishes she was back in Jamaica

Beneath the coconut trees

Every day

Penelope is back in the market

She found what it was all about

And oh no she doesn't regret it

She's just glad she got out

But others aren't so lucky

They're there until the day they die

Trapped in the steel and the concrete

No beach, no moon, no sky

Every day

Clearest Indication

You left in the morning

You left without a word

Did you get what you came for

Is this what I deserve

All I know is the silence

Was the loudest thing I'd ever heard

Chorus:

Where do we stand

What am I supposed to do

Give me the clearest indication

I'm not alone with you

Reach out your hand

In a world I thought I knew

I need the clearest indication

The clearest indication from you

Did we have all we wanted

And let it slip away in time

Like a country divided

51 to 49

Years ago, I suppose

We just can't seem to make up our minds

Chorus

In times like these it's hard to see

With any kind of clarity

What's the point of wondering anymore

So much I just can't figure out

I'd love to know without a doubt

For sure

Chorus

Scolding Wife

Well I came into a scolding wife a few short years ago

And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe

My wife she is a tyrant around the ??

Ah I'd sell her to the devil for a glass or two of gin

Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man

And she'll get up and dress herself and go and have her dram

And I chance to say a word it's well I know my due

She'll follow me with the fire shovel up and down the room

Chorus:

And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain

I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again

And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain

Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again

When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head

When I come home at dinner time I'll find her drunk in bed

When I come home at supper time at patience I must stop

'Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slop

Chorus

Well once I asked me scolding wife if I could go to bed

She scare gave me an hour on the pillow to lay me head

When like a roarin' lion she came bustin' down the door

She caught me by the middle and threw me naked on the floor

Chorus

Now me and my companions go to a public place

She'll search around the neighbourhood until she finds my face

She'll hoist me up in ridicule before the company

Sayin' 'Petticoats is your master and forever more shall be'

Chorus (3x)

Stumbling In

I don't mind confiding

That I make stupid mistakes

Been misled and misguided

And I'm easily led astray

You can dance with disaster

Never missing a step

Spinning faster and faster

Long after I've already slipped

But in the middle of it all

You always break my fall

In the middle of it all

Chorus:

Over and over

Again and again

You broke through the door

And I'm stumblin' in

I'm twisted and tangled

I'm soaked to the skin

You broke through the door

And I'm stumblin' in again

Pulled in every direction

I've a million regrets

And you're the perfect protection

When I'm down in over my head

But in the middle of it all

You always break my fall

In the middle of it all

Chorus

And there's bones in my closet

I've collected quite a few

God knows what causes an angel to love a fool

An angel to love a fool

You always break my fall

In the middle of it

Chorus

I'm stumblin' in again (4x)

A Boat Like Gideon Brown

Oh Gideon lived across the bay

He's gettin' older now

His boat is big and strong and bold

She has a stalward bow

But my father's boat was second hand

One someone used before

And after every fishing trip

My father always swore

That someday he would save enough

To go to St. John's town

And buy himself a big new boat

A boat like Gideon Brown

Confederation came around

And the days of old age pension

He said 'Son I'm saving every cent'

And this you must not mention

You save the baby bonus too

And things just might turn around

And we'll have enough to buy a boat

A boat like Gideon Brown

Chorus:

'Cause she can punch ahead in any gale

And ride the fishing ground

I often thought how proud I'd be

In a boat like Gideon Brown

Many years did pass away

And Dad began to fade

He didn't talk of boats too much

He said 'Son I'm afraid'

If things don't soon improve

Then I'll be underground

Before we ever get to see ourselves

In a boat like Gideon Brown

Chorus

I sat and held his hand one day

And he said 'Son, that policy'

The insurance is all in your name

You're the beneficiary

And when I'm gone they'll pay you off

Then go to St. John's town

And buy yourself a big new boat

A boat like Gideon Brown

Chorus (2x)

Widow in the Window

Waiting for the nightengale to sing

Waiting for the harbour lights to dim

I've been on the outside looking in

While the widow in the window waits for him

But he won't be back

Can't you realize that?

And he's laughing at your sorrow

Waiting for a ship that won't come in

Waiting for a tear to reach her chin

I'm knockin' but she will not let me in

Chorus:

And he won't be back

Can't you realize that

And he's laughing at your sorrow

How can I explain

Your love is all in vain

While he wastes your precious hours

I could fill your days with flowers

How can I replace the smile upon a face

Of a lover that I can never be

How can I begin to make you love again

And try to make you see

Chorus

French Perfume

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, smokes and rum

He hoped the fog was thick enough

To make another run

Chorus:

You can still see the sight

On a winter's night

Of his wake in the light of the moon

If the wind turns right

If you don't take fright

You can smell that French perfume

But the Mountie boat was waiting

As he crawled near Mortier Bay

And when they hit the spotlight

It was like the light of day

He didn't bring her head round

When they told him to heave to

He opened up the engines

And he ran for Spanish Room

Chorus

They said they heard him laughing

With the Mounties closing in

His engines screaming murder

And his face set in a grin

The seagulls started lifting

Like an angry banshee choir

He hit the rocks at 50 clicks

And the sky lit up with fire

It's of of a bold young smuggler

From Fortune he did sail

He rode the waves from St. Pierre

And he never saw the jail

And when it's cold and foggy

On the rocks near Spanish Room

They say you hear him laughing

And you smell that French perfume

Chorus (2x)

Yarmouth Town

In Yarmouth town there lived a man

He had a little tavern by the strand

And the landlord had a daughter fair

Pretty little thing with golden hair

Chorus:

Won't you come down

Won't you come down to Yarmouth town

One night there came a sailor man

He asked the daughter for her hand

Well I won't marry you she said

I have all I want without being wed

But if with me you'd like to linger

I'll tie some string all around my finger

As you walk by, pull on my string

I'll come down and let you right in

Chorus 2x

Well the very next day at closing time

The sailor man goes off to the strand

And as he walks by pulls on that string

And she came down and let him right in

Well he's never such a sight before

A string on her finger was all she wore

Chorus 2x

So all you men who to Yarmouth go

If ya see those girls with their hair hung low

All ya gotta do is pull their strings

And they'll come down and let you right in

Chorus 4x

Barque in the Harbour

From a barque in the harbour I went roaming on shore

And stepped into a pub where I was oft times before

And as I was sitting and enjoying my glass

Who chanced to walk in but a young Spanish lass

She sat down beside me and kept squeezing my hand

Saying 'Sir you're a stranger not long to this land'

Will you roam, Johnny Sailor, would you roam along with me

To some lonesome spot where nobody can see

Chorus:

'Don't you leave me Johnny Sailor' were the words she did cry

Waving and weeping and wiping her eyes

When you reach home in your own Newfoundland

Think of the young Spaniard who kept squeezing your hand

I quickly consented with her for to roam

She lived by herself in a neat little home

She was brisk, plump and jolly and her age scare 19

And the name of that maiden I think was Irene

One fine summer's morning our ship, she set sail

And down by the seashore lovely Irene she came

Waving her pocket hankerchief and wiping her eyes

'Don't leave me Johnny Sailor' were the words she did cry

Chorus

I'll give you farewell love on a fine summer's breeze

But love don't forget me when you're crossing the sea

And when you are married and enjoying your bride

Think on the young maiden who lay by your side

Chorus

Own True Way

It's takes a lot to get to the top

And a little just to fall off quick

And I think I've seen you here before

Sometimes you fly so high

So fast it makes you sick

You won the battle lost the war

But I don't mind if you say

Everytime you talk to me

Everytime we talk

Chorus:

We came, we saw

We conquered and crumbled

In our own true way

We loved, we fought

We rocked and we tumbled

In our own true way

Well I belive in brotherhood

And the good of all mankind

Though I admit it's hard to find

But if you want to talk just come and knock

It don't matter what the time

Solitude is no friend of mine

And I don't mind if you say

Everytime you talk to me

Everytime we talk

Chorus

I don't mind

It's hard to be from a rock in the sea

Livin' in a big steel town

Finding unfamiliar faces all around

You heard 'em tell stupid jokes

You heard 'em laugh everytime you spoke

But you don't let nobody put you down

But I don't mind if you say

Everytime you talk to me

Everytime we talk

Chorus

In our own true way

And I don't mind

If you say

Fortune

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 one, catch a hold that one

Swing around this one, swing around she

Dance around this one, dance around that one

Diddle um this one, diddle um dee