The river waters diverts to other places
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to nurture central valley seeds
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The Northern water that sloshes desert fairways
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Fulfills So-Cal golfers needs
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The mighty chinook that used to bend the rivers
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Into the ground within it pond
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Fade numbers as the tributaries wane
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Soon they'll all be gone
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Jimmy Mac runs the troller of his father
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Who got it passed down from his Pa
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Three crow seasons and a backnote on his shoulder
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Jimmy's hiding from the law
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Jimmy watched as the bulk of the fleet
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Sold their boats or moved away
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But after the stroke
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He promised to his father
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He'd do his best to stay
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Bodega Bay
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He remembered the days when his father used to show him
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How to set and tend all of the gear
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With his hand on his shoulder he looked out at the water
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And said son "It is my fear, that you'll be the Last Salmon Man"
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You're the Last Salmon Man
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You're the Last Salmon Man
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You're the Last Salmon Man of the MacGonagle Clan
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2010 they re-opened Nor-Cal waters
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To the Salmon chasing slew
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Four straight days Jimmy trolled the jagged coast line
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But the fish were far and few
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Jimmy watched as the bulk of the fleet
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Packed their boats and moved away
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But on his deathbed
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He promised to his father
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He'd do his best to stay
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In Bodega Bay
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Bodega Bay
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Bodega Bay
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Bodega Bay
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Bodega Bay
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Bodega Bay
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He remembered the days when his father used to show him
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How to set and tend all of the gear
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With his hand on his shoulder he looked out at the water
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And said son "It is my fear, that you'll be the Last Salmon Man"
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You're the Last Salmon Man
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You're the Last Salmon Man
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You're the Last Salmon Man of the MacGonagle Clan
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Last Salmon Man
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He's the Last Salmon Man
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He's the Last Salmon Man
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He's the Last Salmon Man of the MacGonagle Clan
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Last Salmon Man (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part IV)
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Primus |