I walk down to the sea
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and I saw this crazy man
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He was looking at me
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and he said "I have a plan"
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Yes, he said "I have a plan"
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He was black from the sun
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and his eyes were in tears
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and his hand was so thick
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from the work of the years
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Yes, his hand was so thick
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from the work of the years
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He said "Please come with me
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to my home by the sea
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We can smoke, drink and eat
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and you'll sit at my feet
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and I'll tell what I know
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while the sea breezes blow
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for I've tried to be free
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but I'll soon have to go."
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And his house was his art
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and, nature, his wish
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it was sculpted from clay
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in the shape of a fish
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it was sculpted from clay
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in the shape for a fish
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And the caves in the back
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had been arched into stone
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and the creatures he kept
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made him far from alone
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Yes, the creatures he kept
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made him far from alone
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"I have only one son
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in Chicago for life
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He is separate from me
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and so is my wife
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and I live in the sun
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and I hate what they've done
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to my beautiful sea
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and what they'll do to me"
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And we walked from the house
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for miles by the shore
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and we picked up the trash
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that they'd left by his door.
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Yes, we picked up the trash
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that they'd left by his door.
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And the oil and the sludge
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got stuck to my feet
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and the fish that were dead
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were too poisoned to eat.
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Yes, the fish that were dead
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were too poisoned to eat.
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And the blade cut his hand
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and it's stiff from the scar
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and the butchers, called doctors,
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leave you worse than you are
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and we're all like the butchers
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we cut into life
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and we like to see blood
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on the end of our knife.
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And someday they will come
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and bulldoze him down
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for he has not a permit
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from the kings of the town
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No, he has not a permit
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from the kings of the town
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And the doctors will come
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and say he's afraid
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and they'll ruin this man
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and destroy what he made
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And the pictures he kept
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will be torn from his hand
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with the beautiful house
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that he built on the sand
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Sea Man
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| Don McLean |
