Get Her into Shore

歌詞

We set our traps in the bitter cold On the third day of the year There was three of us then, we were the youngest of ten Two for lines and one to steer When it blows Northeast on the Georges Bank You don't want to take your time But the engine was old, it couldn't take the cold And we fell back on our lines Tom throws the switch, he says, "You old sonofabitch What the hell do you think you're doing? You've drug us to the poor house too many times Now you're taking us to our ruin" Well, the line went slack and the stern swung back And we started up again But she just tightened up and I knew we were stuck Lying broadside to the wind Get her into shore, man, she can't take it anymore We're so far from home and we're breakin' her bones Can't you get her into shore? Jack picks up the axe, he cuts us free from the traps He hit so hard he smashed the rail Then he looks at me and he spits in the sea And his face was white as the hail But we tried her again, gave her all she would go We felt that screw turn round I remember I prayed for steerage way On that grey and ugly ground Get her into shore, man, she can't take it anymore We're so far from home and we're breakin' her bones Can't you get her into shore? Tom rolls her hard over, to run with the tide When she fell down into the trough And with her side to the swell, she just leaned in and fell And I knew we all were lost And then all that I saw was that rotten old keel And the lines run across her stern And I couldn't hold to her and I couldn't let go I just wished I'd never been born Get her into shore, man, she can't take it anymore We're so far from home and we're breakin' her bones Can't you get her into shore? When the tide runs strong on the Georges Bank You're a fool to go and try God bless the poor man who's born to the sea God save the poor ones who die