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Four Hours Lyrics by The Longest Johns

Cures What Ails Ya

2020

[Verse 1]
Come me boys and heave with me
Let's get off this curséd sea
Let's be home to lovers and wives
And leave behind these four hour lives

[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again

[Verse 2]
Come me boys and heave with me
The wind's my friend and my enemy
It carries me home but it must be tamed
Everything lost or everything gained

[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again

[Verse 3]
Come me boys and heave with me
Got scabrous hands and bloody knees
When the bell tolls, I'll go below
My hands will callous and my strength will grow

[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again

[Verse 4]
Come me boys and heave away
Soaked and heavy heaving under the spray
Will I ever shed this salt on my brow?
Better the dust from under my plow

[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again

[Verse 5]
When I'm back in Bristol town
I'll buy my love a silken gown
We'll lie in each others arms and rest
Until that bell sounds in my chest

[Chorus]
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
(Then Four Hours)
'til it starts again

Four Hours
Haulin' on the sheets!
Four Hours
Keepin' our feet!
Four Hours
Wrap me in the shroud
Then Four Hours
Lay me in the ground

About “Four Hours” by The Longest Johns

Read the complete lyrics to "Four Hours" by The Longest Johns from the album "Cures What Ails Ya" in 2020. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Sea Shanty, Folk, Pop.

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