Shark Fin Blues

Standing on the deck, I watch my shadow stretch

The sun pours my shadow upon that deck

The waters' licking 'round my ankles now

There ain't no sunshine way way down

I see the sharks are in the water like a slicks on ink

Well, 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

Oh, an albatross up in the windy lofts

He's beating his wings while he sleeps it off

I hear the jettisoned cries from his dreams unkind

They whip in my ears like a riding crop

Well, the captain once as able as a fake dandy

He's now laid up in the gallery like a dried out mink

He's laying, dying of thirst and he says, oh, I think

Well, we're gonna be alone from here on in

Well, you're all my brothers and you have been kind

But what were you expecting to find?

Now your eyes turn blue but countenance turn blank

And I'm a floating away on a barrel of pain

It looks like nothing but the sea and sky would remain

I sing

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

Nah nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah nah

A harpoon's shaft is short and wide

A grappling hook's is a 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 dry another tear, I'll be turned to dust

No, the sharks won't get me, but they don't feel loss

Just keep one eye on the horizon, man, you best not blink

They're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks

Fin by fin

Fin by fin

Fin by fin

Fin by fin by fin by fin