Missy Higgins - Shark Fin Blues (Acoustic Sessions from OZ) 

Missy Higgins - "Shark Fin Blues"
Taken from the album “OZ"
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Shark Fin Blues - lyrics
Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch
The sun pours my shadow upon the deck
The waters licking round my ankles now
There ain't no sunshine way way down
I see the sharks in the water like slicks of ink
There's one there bigger than a submarine
As he circles I look in his eye
I see Jonah in his belly by the campfire light
See the albatross up in the windy lofts
He gets to beating his wings while he sleeps it off
I hear the jettisoned cries from his dreams unkind
Get to whippin' my ears like a riding crop
The captain once as able as a fink dandy
He's now laid up in the galley like a dried out mink
He’s laying dying of thirst and he says or I think
We're gonna be alone from here on in
Well you are all my brothers, and you have been kind
But what were you expecting to find?
Now your eyes turn inwards, countenance turns blank
And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
It looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain
A harpoon's shaft is short and wide
A grappling hook's is cracked and dry
I said, why don't you get down in the sea
Turn the water red like you want to be?
Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust
The sharks won't get me but they don't feel loss
Keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink
They're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks
Written by Gareth Liddiard
Published by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd