We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Fish Boats

from Northwest by Mark Perry

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD  or more

     

lyrics

Fish Boats

Whatever happened to the fish boats
Lined up at the docks
These canneries were humming
This whole place rocked.
Then nets started coming up empty
And the fish boats went away

Treat it right or it won’t last
This could be your final cast
In Cow Bay - they say
It’s all in the past
When boats lined up
And things were built to last

When the fish boats docked
And the money came in
Spread it around
(And) everybody wins
And the girls came in from across the bay
This place is coming alive today
Will we ever see that again
We may never see that again

Here the fishermen and the hippies
Learned to work together
Grab another beer
And bitch about the weather
Your hair’s too long to be my friend
Hey will this ever end?

Now the fishermen in the Belmont
They’ll argue day and night.
‘Til they’re blue in the face
So who the hell is right
Why it is the way it is
You know
The big boats came
The big nets dropped
The sea lions ate
The seals ate
The whales ate
The waste got dumped
The temperature rose
And a life you loved
Went away

© Mark Perry, 2021 | www.markperry.ca

credits

from Northwest, released October 29, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Mark Perry Smithers, British Columbia

A dozen albums strong, Mark Perry is deeply loved in Canada for his good-humoured and thought-provoking songs that get festival audiences up on their feet and make theatre crowds feel like they’re in his living room. “New Jersey has Springsteen, New York has Billy Joel, northern BC has Mark Perry. These are the storytellers of their times and places.” Watch for Perry's next album in 2021 ... more

contact / help

Contact Mark Perry

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Mark Perry, you may also like: