To Sea No More (The Inshore)

My nets
are lying
empty
I cannot
feed
my child
my wife
works
for a factory
that will leave
this shore
defiled
my father
fished
before me
my brother
like him too
now here
I stand
upon this deck
with nothing
left to do

I will go
to sea
no more
no more
I will go
to sea
no more
I must turn
my back
upon this shore
I will go
to sea
no more

Mackenzie
up the road
a ways
he vanished
into town
put the torch
to all he had
then ran
his boat
aground
insurance
paid the loss
to him
but will never
replace
his pride
by God
I'd rather
drown at sea
than die
like that
inside

I will go
to sea
no more
no more
I will go
to sea
no more
I must turn
my back
upon this shore
I will go
to sea
no more

I cannot fight
a banker's note
or stay
the auctioneer
I cannot fight
this government
which binds us
to these piers
our days
are long since
numbered
here
upon familiar
shores
tradition
won't feed
my family
I will go
to sea
no more

I will go
to sea
no more
no more
I will go
to sea
no more
I must turn
my back
upon this shore
I will go
to sea
no more