Sea of No Cares lyrics

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

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

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

And saying, "Sir, you're a stranger, not long to this land

I don't mind confiding,
That I make stupid mistakes,
Been mislead and misguided,
And I'm easily lead 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'll always break my fall,
In the middle of it all

Chorus: Over and over, again and again

In Yarmouth Town

there lived a man

He had a little tavern by the Strand

And the landlord has a daughter fair

pretty little thing with golden hair

Won't ya come down

Won't ya come down

Won't ya 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

there's lots of fish in Bonavish Harbour
lots of fish right in around here
boys ang girls are fishing together
45 from carbanier
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
didlle-um this one
diddle-um dee

The Angel Song
Great White

Fallen angel
Ripped and bruised
Think on better days
Life is rude
Treats you bad
Tears your wings away
Raise your eyes to star and sky
Believe in fly aways
Take your dreams, your broken schemes
And sweep the past away

Fly lonely angel
High above these streets of fire
Fly lonely angel
Far away from mad desire

Hollywood ain't paved with gold

Well I came into a scoldin 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 room and in
I should 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
I never chance to say a word it's well I know my due

You left in the morning
You left without a word
Did you get what you came for?
Is this what I deserve?

Oh I know
The silence was the loudest thing
I've ever heard
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

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 somewhere,
you threw your fear in the Sea of No Cares
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

(written by Alan Doyle / Séan McCann / Chris Trapper)

Waiting for the nightingale to sing

Waiting for the harbour lights to dim
I've been on the outside lookin' in

While the widow in the window waits for him.

CHORUS 1:

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

(written by Alan Doyle / Séan McCann / Chris Trapper)

It 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 and lost the war

But I don't mind if you say,

Every time you talk to me

Every time we talk

CHORUS:

We came, we saw

Penelope works in the market
Down in the coconut trees
She's savin' 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

Till this day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah
Till this day-ay-ay-ay-yeah
Till this day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah
Till this day-ay-ay-ay-yeah

She got a job as a domestic