Tide’s rollin’ in…

Got salt in my beard, and wind in my bones…

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Verse 1

Boots on the pier

Rope in my hand

Ain’t no rush

When you know this sand

(slow pick)

Verse 2

Gulls keep callin’

Nets hang to dry

Boat’s rockin’ easy

Under the sky

(pause – low string hum)

Verse 3

Old man’s whistlin’

Kid’s castin’ far

If hope had a taste

It’d be caviar

(soft slide)

Verse 4

Cat by the crate

Shells by the rail

Coffee turns cold

While we trade tall tales

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Ain’t much gold here…

But the sea’s been fair…

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Verse 5

Storm bent the dock

Rain split the mast

Still got the harbor

And a faith that lasts

(sea breeze feel)

Verse 6

Pay comes late

But tides don’t wait

Still we sing

Still we bait

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Final Verse

So pour me slow

Let the moon drift in

These waters been restless

But they still won’t win

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Good sea…

Good crew…

Good night…