The Drones - Shark Fin Blues lyrics
[The Drones - Shark Fin Blues lyrics]
Yeah, standing on the deck
I watch my shadow stretch
The sun pours my shadow upon that deck
The water's lickin' 'round my ankles now
There ain't no sunshine way, way down
I see the sharks are in the
Water like slicks of ink
Well, there's one there bigger
Than a submarine
As he circles, I look in his eye
I see Jonah in his belly
By the campfire light
Oh, an albatross up in the windy lofts
Yeah, he's beating his wings while
He sleeps it off i hear the jettisoned cries
From his dreams unkind
Yeah, they're whipping my ears
Like a riding crop
Well, the captain once as able
As a fink dandy he's now laid up in the
Galley like a dried-out mink
He's laying dying of thirst and he says
Or I think
"Well, we're gonna be alone from here on in"
Yeah, you're all my brothers and
You have been kind
But what were you expecting to find?
Now your eyes turn inward
Countenance turn blank
And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
It looks like nothing but the
Sea and sky would remain
I say, na, na na, na na, na na, na na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na, hey
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na, hey
Yeah, a harpoon's shaft is short and wide
A grappling hook's is cracked and dry
I said, "Why don't you get down in the sea
Oh, and turn the water red, man
Like you want to be?"
'Cause if I cry another tear then
I'll be turned to dust
No, the sharks won't get me
But they don't feel loss
Just keep one eye on the horizon, man
You best not blink
They're coming fin by fin until
The whole boat sinks
Yeah, fin by fin yeah, fin by fin
Yeah, fin by fin
Oh, fin by fin by fin by fin hey, hey
I watch my shadow stretch
The sun pours my shadow upon that deck
The water's lickin' 'round my ankles now
There ain't no sunshine way, way down
I see the sharks are in the
Water like slicks of ink
Well, there's one there bigger
Than a submarine
As he circles, I look in his eye
I see Jonah in his belly
By the campfire light
Oh, an albatross up in the windy lofts
Yeah, he's beating his wings while
He sleeps it off i hear the jettisoned cries
From his dreams unkind
Yeah, they're whipping my ears
Like a riding crop
Well, the captain once as able
As a fink dandy he's now laid up in the
Galley like a dried-out mink
He's laying dying of thirst and he says
Or I think
"Well, we're gonna be alone from here on in"
Yeah, you're all my brothers and
You have been kind
But what were you expecting to find?
Now your eyes turn inward
Countenance turn blank
And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
It looks like nothing but the
Sea and sky would remain
I say, na, na na, na na, na na, na na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na, hey
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na
Na, na na, na na, na na, na, na, hey
Yeah, a harpoon's shaft is short and wide
A grappling hook's is cracked and dry
I said, "Why don't you get down in the sea
Oh, and turn the water red, man
Like you want to be?"
'Cause if I cry another tear then
I'll be turned to dust
No, the sharks won't get me
But they don't feel loss
Just keep one eye on the horizon, man
You best not blink
They're coming fin by fin until
The whole boat sinks
Yeah, fin by fin yeah, fin by fin
Yeah, fin by fin
Oh, fin by fin by fin by fin hey, hey