He said, I set my net at the last low tide Where I set before at least a thousand times Me and Dictator on the fishing ground Four fathoms down It was a full moon tide on the Skull Bar shelf A shallow rise in a bottomless hell Time to pull the silver from the sandy mound Four fathoms down Fishing for a living, it’s a drain on a sailor’s soul Empty nets can turn a warm man cold The tide was strong - took my net for a ride Flipped The Dictator over on her side Tried to free her with my knife ‘til the blood dripped down Four fathoms down I made to shore I had to find some help Couldn’t stand to watch her writhing on the shelf Got the hooks, got the chains – gonna tow her out to Twenty-five fathoms down Try for a winning, it’s a game in Leviathan’s hole I spend more money trying to make a go Try for a winning, it’s gamble on Leviathan’s hole Should I give up only heaven knows Heaven knows We pulled and we tugged got her half upright Dragged her off the bar while she hung on tight The current kept her trail like a blood crazed hound There’s Thirty-five fathoms down Oh, the sun and the moon they wouldn’t give up her soul Snapped the chains loose like a dry wish bone She lurched, swayed back made a mournful sound There’s Forty- five fathoms down No misgivings, though the work it can break your bones The paybacks more than a miner’s gold No misgivings, though the work makes a young man old The payback’s better than a miner’s gold Miner’s gold She pitched and she rolled - gave the fight of her life Fought the watery hand that gripped with all her might But the tide won the battle and it pulled her down, to fifty five fathoms down Dictator she’s a lady, she’s a sailor’s dream She's saved countless men in a hurricane sea Earned every salt of her resting ground Fifty-five fathoms down Take no pity, it would shame and vex her so Just thanks for the years and the good times, bro Take no pity, it would shame and crush her so Just thanks for years, now its time to go Time to go On the Skull Bar floor now she marks my set A true-blue friend in her eternal rest Earthen, wooden vessel, she’s immortal now Fifty-five fathoms down Fifty-five fathoms down Fifty-five fathoms down
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