There's a stretch of shore that the old men know Where the waves they rumble and long swells roll Flakes stand tall and the cod lay white Dried by the sun and the ocean's sweet bite They call it a room not for walls nor doors A fisherman…

I'm not a pirate I'm a privateer I'm not a pirate I'm a privateer And you should probably stay away from here for now Cause all I'm trying to do is blend in with the crowd At first I did it to protect the fleet I'd bomb, I'd pillage, I…

Well one fine morning I went out To the docks to get a feed There was Skipper Thomas Payne With a bucket of fish from the sea So I emptied out me wallet "Sir will this cover your fee"? He said "No my'son it won't buy the lot, Not even by…

Some go North, some go East Go by boat, go by feet I'm a handler Mend your nets, give relief Fix your house, pull your teeth I'm spread pretty thin Here we go boys, through the overflow boys Just with the clothes on our back I said…

I am the missing link Between the green and pink Oh the whites of their eyes, wide with surprise Well what must people think When they see me on the floor Running around the store Well I'spose that fashion's never been this fast before…

All the by's down by the cove Where the fish is dried and the boats are tied They fights about where the lights should go All the by's down by the cove Well we had a fire back in '92 And the slums survived and the shops all died And the…

I'm a boy from down the Valley I'm Codroy to the bone I makes a livin' drivin' rigs and now I got me own I calls her "The First Lady", a beauty to behold We'll load her up and haul her out from every stage and store The Starlite in me rearview…

Somethin' in yer eyes, I can't even change it, No matter how hard I try. Yer expectation is torture. I'm doin' the best I can. Leave this town, to become the man. Well, it's been entirely too long, Since I up and left my home. Just…

I went down To the dividing wall And reached out to my brothers and my sisters in war For far out across the land Too many felled by violent hands I shed my skin 'Cause I smelled death Clawing on the wind Couldn't catch my breath…

A re-recording of the very first song I wrote for the RPM Challenge in 2008. Doesn't really sound any better to be honest just different.