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| Just to | wake up in the m | orning to the | quiet of the | cove |
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| And he | ar aunt Bessie tal | king to herse | lf. |
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| And to he | ar poor uncle Jo | hn mumbling wi | shes too old N | ell |
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| It ma | de me feel li | ke everything was fi | ne. |
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| I was bo | rn down by the w | ater, it's he | re I'm gonna st | ay |
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| I've sear | ched for all the rea | sons why | I should go aw | ay. |
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| Course I haven't got the th | irst for all those | modern day to | ys |
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| So I'll just t | ake my chances with those salt | water jo | ys. |
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| Foll | owing the little brook, | as it tri | ckles to the sh | ore |
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| In the aut | umn winds the tr | ees are flaming r | ed. |
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| Kicki | ng leaves that fa | ll around me, wat | ching sunset paint the hi | lls |
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| It's a | ll I'll never ne | ed to feel at ho | me. |
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| This isl | and that we cl | ing to has been ha | nded down with pr | ide |
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| But fo | lks that fought to l | ive here, taking hard | ships all in st | ride. |
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| So I'll comp | liment her beauty, h | old on to my good | -byes |
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| And I'll stay, | take my chances with those | saltwater jo | ys. |
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| How can | I leave those morn | ings, with the su | nrise on the co | ve |
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| And the gu | lls like flies surro | unding Clayton's wh | arf. |
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| Platters is | land wrapped in rai | nbow, in the ev | ening after f | og |
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| The oc | ean smells are per | fume to my so | ul. |
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| Some g | o to where t | he buildings re | ach to meet the cl | ouds |
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| Where wa | rm and gentle pe | ople turn to swa | rming faceless cro | wds. |
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| So I'll do wi | thout their riches | , Glamour and the no | ise |
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| And I'll stay | , take my chances with those | saltwater jo | ys. |
| Bridge |
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| Some g | o to where t | he buildings re | ach to meet the cl | ouds |
| G | Am | F | C | |
| Where wa | rm and gentle pe | ople turn to swa | rming faceless cro | wds. |
| G | Am | C | |
| So I'll do wi | thout their riches | , Glamour and the no | ise |
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| And I'll stay | , take my chances with those | saltwater jo | ys |