mile twelve – the margaret keene lyrics
[verse 1]
every day we walk the harbour she would look out on the sea
and as the boats would come and go she’d turn and say to me
“oh, let’s go out on the water
this city i have seen
the streets are loud and dirty, but the ocean’s clear and clean.”
[chorus]
oh, the price we pay for living in the city by the sea
just to know we could escape if we were brave enough to leave
the boat could take us anywhere we’d ever want to go
when that coastline disappears, the boat’s the only home we’ll know
[verse 2]
there’s a job out on the water
aboard the margaret keene
three months of barely any pay for a world we’ve never seen
oh we’ll go to sea all summer
come fall return to land
i’ll marry her the day we dock and never part again
we stepped aboard that fishing boat one rainy morning june
we met the captain, met the crew, and set to leave at noon
oh, we sailed out from the harbour
with skies so dark and grey
but far from sh0r- the sun did soar and smile and she did say
[chorus]
oh, the price we pay for living in the city by the sea
just to know we could escape if we were brave enough to leave
the boat could take us anywhere we’d ever want to go
when that coastline disappears, the boat’s the only home we’ll know
[verse 3]
every day we’d cast the lines out
at night we’d sleep alone
strikers never stood a chance with twenty lines in tow
oh the captain worked us harder than we’d ever worked before
but each night as she was sleeping i was thinkin’ of the sh0r-
one night as we lay sleeping
the storm had found our course
the keene took water o’er the sides
the waves they came in force
we awoke and tied our lifelines
i prayed the seas would tame
i’ve never seen her smile so wide as in the wind and rain
[instrumental break]
[verse 4]
as the summer ended, the keene returned to land
in my coat i had a ring to put upon her hand
oh, but when i turned and saw her staring back at me
i knew she’d never come to sh0r-
nor i return to sea
oh, the price we pay for living in the city by the sea
just to know we could escape if we were brave enough to leave
the boat could take us anywhere we’d ever want to go…
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