Brown Bird - Bilgewater lyrics

It don’t matter if the cold wind blows
I’m gonna wind up working in the thick of it
Sunshine through the rain and snow
There’s an oily brine bilge
Water baptism waiting below

That’s just the waves slamming
Against the topsides’ sound
Don’t let the ever rolling motion
Go and get you down don’t let it shake your
Steady thread cutting hand
Keep stealing ribbons from the
Steel and giving hell
To every halyard you can
In spite of all the wherewithal
To fight it all I will face it all
In spite of all the wherewithal
To fight it all I’ll embrace it all

When everyday’s like a war between
The will to go on and a wish that the world
Would spiral into the sun
Turn your head toward the storm
That’s surely coming along

If the sun was always shining
And our load always light
We’d be shaking like a leaf
With every God given night
And we’d break under the
Weight of any pressure that was ever applied

Will you be ready when the straw boss calls?
He’s got an ever loving bone to
Pick with one and all
Don’t let his condescension get you down
Just have the strength to know you’re wrong
And when you’re right the strength
To stand your ground

In spite of all the wherewithal
To fight it all I will face it all
In spite of all the wherewithal
To fight it all I’ll embrace it all

When everyday is like a war
You find no strength from your usual source
There’s no peace, there’s no rest
Your fortitude is feeling put to the test
When everyday is like a war between
The will to go on and a wish that the world
Would spiral into the sun
Turn your head toward the storm
That’s surely coming along
If the sun was always shining
And our load always light
We’d be shaking like a leaf
With every God given night
And we’d break under the weight
Of any pain that ever came in this life