Shark Fin Blues-Missy Higgins

[00:00.97]Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch [00:05.92]The sun pours my shadow upon the deck [00:10.54]The waters licking round my ankles now [00:15.71]But there ain't no sunshine way way down [00:21.11]I see the sharks out in the water like slicks of ink [00:27.12]Well, there's one there bigger than a submarine [00:32.27]As he circles I look in his eye [00:37.42]I see Jonah in his belly by the campfire light [00:43.94]See the albatross up in the windy lofts [00:48.96]He gets to beating his wings while he sleeps it off [00:53.93]I hear the jettisoned cries from his dreams unkind [00:59.20]Gets to whippin' my ears like a riding crop [01:05.55]But the captain once as able as a fink dandy [01:10.51]He's now laid up in the galley like a dried out mink [01:15.85]He's laying dying of thirst and he says or I think [01:20.87]Well, we're gonna be alone from here on in [01:30.72]Well you are all my brothers, and you have been kind [01:35.85]But what were you expecting to find? [01:43.45]Now your eyes turn inwards, countenance turns blank [01:48.87]And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain [01:55.09]It looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain [02:01.56]Na na nana nananana na [02:06.59]Na na nana nananana na [02:11.63]Na na nana nananana na [02:16.40]Na na nana nananana na [02:26.37]A harpoon's shaft is short and wide [02:31.74]A grappling hook's is cracked and dry [02:37.40]I said, why don't you get down in the sea [02:42.74]Turn the water red like you want to be? [02:52.16]Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust [02:57.39]No the sharks won't get me they don't feel loss [03:02.77]Just keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink [03:07.89]They're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks [03:14.78]Fin by fin [03:19.71]Fin by fin by fin by fin [03:25.00]Fin by fin [03:29.97]Fin by fin by fin by fin [03:39.74]Na na nana nananana na [03:44.81]Na na nana nananana na [03:50.12]Na na nana nananana na [03:55.25]Na na nana nananana na... [05:23.12]--- www.LRCgenerator.com ---