Song Lyrics Unknown - Ways Of Man    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Ways Of Man Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Ways Of Man Theme ID: 5873 Album: N/A WAYS OF MAN (Gordon Bok) The ways of man are passing strange He buys his freedom and he counts his change Then he lets the wind his days arrange And he calls the tide his master Oh the days, oh the days Oh the fine long summer days The fish come rolling in the bays And he swore he'd never leave me But the days grow short and the year gets old And the fish won't stay where the water's cold And if they're going to fill the hold They've got to go offshore to find them So they go outside on the raving deep And they pray the Lord their soul to keep But the waves will roll them all to sleep And the tide will be their keeper Oh the tide, oh the tide Oh you dark and you bitter tide If I can't have him by my side I guess I have to leave him I gave you one, I gave you two The best that rotten old boat could do You wouldn't be happy till I gave you three But I'll be damned if you'll get me Oh the tide, oh the tide, Oh you dark and you bitter tide If I can't have him by my side The water's welcome to him Oh Lord I know that the day will come When one less boat comes slogging home I don't mind knowing that he'll be the one But I can't spend my whole life praying I gave you one, I gave you two The best that poor old boat could do You'd have it all before you're through Well I've got no more to give you Copyright Folk-Legacy Records, Inc. @sailor @fish sung by Bok, Trickett, and Muir on a Folk Legacy record of the same name. filename[ WAYSMAN SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: We Set Sail, We Shall Overcome, We Three Kings, We Three Kings Of Orient Are, We Three My Echo My Shadow And Me, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Wear A Green Willow, Wearing Of The Green, Weary Cutters, Weave Room Blues, Weaver Bird, Weavers Life, Weaving Lilt, Wedlock, Wee Cooper Of Fife, Wee Lass On The Brae, Wee Wee Cot, Wee Willie Winkie, Week Before Easter, Week Your Mans Awa, Weel May The Keel Row, Weepy, Weevily Wheat, Well Dust Off Billy Graham, Well Meet Again, Welsh History 101, Were Bound For San Diego, West Virginia Mining Disaster, Western Samoa Anthem Text, Western Samoa Native Anthem Text, Westport, Westron Wynd, Weve Got Franklin Delano Roosevelt Back Again, Whaleboat Malarkey, Whall Be King But Charlie, Whas Fu, What A Friend We Have In Cheeses, What A Friend We Have In Jesus, What A Friend We Have In Rhoda, What Can A Young Lassie, What Child Is This, What Kind Of Shoes You Gwine To Wear, What Was I Thinking, Whatll We Do With The Babyo, Whats The Life Of A Man, Wheel Of Fortune, When A Dog Smiles, When Cockleshells Turn Silver Bells Waly Waly, When Ere You Make A Promise, When First We Met, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy