Bring Me Back

I wake in the morning
Before the break of dawn;
Looking over the ocean
As the day rolls on.

A light fron a distance
Takes me away.
Looks like a lobster boat
That's going for the day.

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It brings me back, a long time ago
My daddy used to say:
We'd fish all for a dollar
And we were lucky to get paid.

Turning back the page of time
To those years in the past;
Our grand-folks paved the way for us
As our nets of like we cast.

Things have really changed a lot
From those forgotten days
We'd row the boat out, hual the traps
Hand over hand, they'd say.

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When I hear my father talk
About the way it used to be;
The pride they took in a hard day's work
To support their family.

Doing chores around the house -
And there were lots of them,
Gardening and cutting wood,
On these they would depend.

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Times have changed, my daddy's gone,
I've children of my own.
I have to ask myself
What does their future hold?

If they could see through my father's eyes
The way it used to be;
And hear his words, feel his pride
For his job and family.

These days we think we've made it -
Big cars and fancy homes -
I'd like to give it all away
Like it was before...

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So, bring me back, a long time ago,
My daddy used to say:
We'd fish all for a dollar
And we were lucky to get paid.

So, bring me back, a long time ago,
My daddy used to say:
We'd fish all for a dollar
And we were lucky to get paid.