Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I'm standing here all by my strand,
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watch the waves roll on the sand,
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The sea breeze bouncing off the land
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blows dirt into my eyes;
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I mind when we were active lads,
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in fishing boats went with our dads,
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To do what work we had when we was boys.
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We'd go to sea in dories,
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we'd go to sea in skiffs,
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Set lobster pots in spring,
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shoot autumn seabirds off the cliffs;
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And if the times got tougher,
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what's the point of making noise,
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Oh, how hard did we work when we was boys.
[Chorus]
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When we was boys, when we was boys;
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Oh, how hard did we work when we was boys.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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From water would our living take,
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the women all the fish would make,
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Spread them out upon the flake,
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and hope for sunny skies;
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Leave early on a foggy morn,
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Work until you're weary worn,
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Steer your way home by the horn,
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when we was boys.
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Where a crowd of youngsters climb
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around the rocks upon the beach,
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Where now the boats lie idle
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and the fish are out of reach;
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Look down upon the harbour
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when you go out on the rise,
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It looks nothing like it did when we was boys.
[Chorus]
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When we was boys, when we was boys;
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It looks nothing like it did when we was boys.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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The ocean's now a barren gray,
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we've lost our old-fashion ways,
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Folks are moving from the bay,
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it's a thing I did despise;
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We who stay live with the fear
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of growing older every year,
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We prayed our children would stay near,
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just like when we was boys.
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We never had much money
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but we got by all the same,
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We never begged for handouts,
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we weren't looking to lay blame;
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We practiced self-reliance,
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hailed to each other's cries,
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But times have changed so much
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since we was boys.
[Chorus]
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Since we was boys, since we was boys;
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Yes, times have changed so much
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since we was boys.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Today we look to government
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instead of being independent,
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Now the money's all been spent,
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we've witnessed its demise;
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There's times we've been through thick and thin,
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been knocked down got up again,
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We always found a way to win,
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when we was boys.
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Now the foghorn sends a lonely call
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on its way across the swell,
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The lighthouse keeper's been replaced
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with a flashlight on the hill;
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Who was it said that elders
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are experienced and wise,
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No one wants to hear about when we was boys.
[Chorus]
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When we was boys, when we was boys;
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No one wants to hear about when we was boys.
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When we was boys, when we was boys;
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Yes, times have changed so much
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since we was boys.
[Outro]
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- 1. Chord Gitar A Crowd of Bold Sharemen - When We Was Boys Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar A Crowd of Bold Sharemen - When We Was Boys Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan