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About a gunshot away there's a place that I long to be - |
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tippin' bottles with me old cock. |
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When the shit's all said and sorted, I plan to settle down and stay - |
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one middle finger to the landlocked. |
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From the first time boatin' or there's not too much I can recall. |
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I kissed a plastic cod and drank rum till I was friggered. |
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I decided then and there that I'd return, even if I had to crawl. |
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Something outside was broken and something inside me, triggered. |
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It's a long ride home, but it's always my destination. |
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It's a long ride home. |
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If the sun bursts apart at the end of the world, I don't think I will give a damn |
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as long as I'm surrounded by friends and pints in goddamned Newfoundland. |
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So here's to Newfoundland. |
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I breathed a sigh of relief the next time steppin' off the plane. |
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It'd been a long, hard, vapid winter. |
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Johnny and the boys were waiting there ready to explain, |
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they weren't there to drive us, just a welcome back to the Island. |
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So we taxied to the venue to prepare for the night to sweep. |
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Slept in the back room until the India showed up. |
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When we finally took the stage, it shifted beneath our feet. |
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We stood on the shoulders of proud Newfoundlanders. |
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I think it bears repeating |
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I think it bears repeating |
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I think it bears repeating that no one buckled under. |
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We all got bit by the cod that we all kissed. |
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It left an infection in our lips and a longing in the mist. |
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You're as deep as the grave, and you're marching to the heartbeat of the land. |
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You're as deep as the grave, and you're marching to the heartbeat of the land. |
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Yes, I be a Newfoundlander B'y. Not by birth, but in my heart. Yes, I be a Newfoundlander B'y. |
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Yes, I be a Newfoundlander B'y. Not by birth, but in my heart. Yes, I be a Newfoundlander B'y. |
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You're as deep as the grave, and you're marching to the heartbeat of the land. |
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You're as deep as the grave, and you're marching to the heartbeat of the land |