The Harbor

from Ignite! by Lemon Knife

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Watch the shit pile up on the cargo ships
My other 3 crew all called in sick
So I haul out 1 they bring in 4
As I break my back dreaming of a distant shore

As I watch the freighter sail off in the bay
I might well be watching my life drift away
My crew numbered 15 but now we’re at 8
The barges keep coming, so we all work late

When I was a kid the docks held such mystique
I didn’t know the paycheck would last half a week
I dreamed about cannons and barrels of rum
But now it’s just backaches and time cards and gum

So send me a postcard from lush Waikiki
I’ll read it while pouring my beer in the sea
Til a fifty pound crate slips and turns me to cream
I’ll keep carting in chunks of the American dream

If you’ve an ocean
Limitless as the sea
Spare me a river
Give just this to me

If you’ve an ocean
Worth a million lakes
Spare me a river
Let me make my break

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from Ignite!, released January 18, 2023

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