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[This song is not intended as a slur of any kind on the countries who import
food products that our government won't let us eat. It is Stan's sadly ironic
way of describing exactly the status of the Inland Fisheries as seen through
the eyes of many a fisherman our of a job. There IS a Norfolk Hotel - Stan
played there years ago. The village was dying then. Now they have one of the
best Summer Theatre houses in Ontario, but that's little consolation to the men
with the boats.]
Where Patterson Creek's muddy waters run down
Past the penny arcades, by the harbour downtown,
All the old Turtlebacks rust in the rain
Like they never will leave there again.
But leave there they will in the hours before dawn,
Slip out in the darkness without word or song;
For a few more years yet they will work while they can
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
No white fish or trout here, we leave them alone.
The inspectors raise hell if we take any home.
What kind of fisherman can't eat his catch
Or call what he's taken his own?
But the plant works three shifts now. There's plenty of pay.
We ship seventeen tons of this garbage each day.
If we want to eat fish, then we'll open a can,
And catch tiny fish for Japan.
In the Norfolk Hotel over far too much beer,
The old guys remember when the water ran clear.
No poisons with names that we can't understand
And no tiny fish for Japan...
So the days run together. Each one is the same.
And it's good that the smelt have no lovelier name.
It's all just a job now, we'll work while we can,
To catch tiny fish for Japan.
And we'll catch tiny fish for Japan.
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Đăng lời dịchAlbums has song "Tiny Fish For Japan"
Singles
22 songs
- Northwest Passage 2006
- The Mary Ellen Carter 2006
- Rolling Down To Old Maui 2006
- Garnetts Homemade Beer 2006
- Lock Keeper 2006
- Lady Margaret 2006
- Half Of A Heart 2006
- The Watch 2006
- White Collar Holler 2006
- The House Of Orange 2006
- Man With Blue Dolphin 2006
- White Squall 2006
- Tiny Fish For Japan 2006
- Flying 2006
- Scarborough Settlers Lament 2006
- Cape Stmarys 2006
- Ye Parliament Of England 2006
- The Nancy 2006
- Barretts Privateers 2006
- Fogartys Cove 2006
- Macdonnell On The Heights 2006
- Harris And The Mare 2006
Singles
44 songs
- Northwest Passage 2006
- The Mary Ellen Carter 2006
- Northwest Passage 2006
- The Mary Ellen Carter 2006
- Rolling Down To Old Maui 2006
- Barretts Privateers 2006
- Rolling Down To Old Maui 2006
- Lock Keeper 2006
- Lock Keeper 2006
- Garnetts Homemade Beer 2006
- Lady Margaret 2006
- Half Of A Heart 2006
- The Watch 2006
- White Collar Holler 2006
- The House Of Orange 2006
- Man With Blue Dolphin 2006
- Half Of A Heart 2006
- Flying 2006
- Scarborough Settlers Lament 2006
- Fogartys Cove 2006
- Tiny Fish For Japan 2006
- Garnetts Homemade Beer 2006
- The Nancy 2006
- Cape Stmarys 2006
- Macdonnell On The Heights 2006
- The House Of Orange 2006
- White Squall 2006
- Man With Blue Dolphin 2006
- The Watch 2006
- Ye Parliament Of England 2006
- Harris And The Mare 2006
- Lady Margaret 2006
- White Collar Holler 2006
- Harris And The Mare 2006
- White Squall 2006
- Tiny Fish For Japan 2006
- Flying 2006
- Scarborough Settlers Lament 2006
- Cape Stmarys 2006
- Ye Parliament Of England 2006
- The Nancy 2006
- Barretts Privateers 2006
- Fogartys Cove 2006
- Macdonnell On The Heights 2006
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