cd: The Blink of an Eye
track 5: At the Rail
I load up the ships at Derry
Send the sailors on their way
Lorry loads and cargo trailers
Is all I work at every day
The times that I’ve set sail beside them
They’ve regretted every one
No room for a seasick sailor
Too much work that must be done
Once I got the reputation
I set out to prove them wrong
Found a trawler needing seamen
I got the mate to take me on
The first to days were like a millpond
I was buoyed up with pride
Then the weather turned against us
I defaced the leeward side
CHORUS
Many men will spend a lifetime
Toiling on the open sea
Sailing gives a man his freedom
That’s the life I dreamt for me
Living out my true vocation
Wasn’t meant to be I learned
With me fragile constitution
Life dealt me the cruelest turn
CHORUS
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Written by Kyle Aughe