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Seasick Song

from Home by Fred Smith

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Gather round boys and hear the Seasick song of a sailor who has done wrong
Sailing the ocean all of his life coming to port to find a new wife
A new situation and a family, the frustrations of a big city
When he could be on the open sea in a boat with blokes like you and me.
Life can be simple life can be complexity always seems to come with sexual feelings for a girl or boyfriends who treat them like a worn out toy
Box clever boys, for mark my words, the sublime can quickly turn
Absurdity strikes you and you have to laugh in the ocean, even in the bath!
Ai Ai Ai brothers of the sea I will save you if you save me
Wee Wee Wee all the way home, from my true love never shall I roam
Out on the ocean you may get the urge, find self service the only way to purge
These emotions bottled up inside send a message looking for a bride
Find her drifting floating on the tide, open up and let her inside
She’ll become your little stowaway as on the ocean bed with her you lay
So gather round boys and hear the seasick song of a sailor who has done wrong
Seeing the size of every ocean waving goodbye as his emotions sway
To the starboard and towards the porthole through which he sees the fishes
Caughting together while the fishermanagages now to find a brand new plan

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from Home, released August 30, 2020

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Fred Smith Canberra, Australia

“Fred Smith is simply the best folk/country musician working in this country in 2020. Beyond writing some of the finest songs about Australians at war, he has created a repertoire that is wry, literate, witty, powerfully emotional and insightful.”(Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald). ... more

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