Shark Fin Blues - Missy Higgins

Standing on the deck, I watch my shadow stretch

The sun pours my shadow upon the deck

The water’s licking 'round my ankles now

There ain’t no sunshine way, way down

I see the sharks are in the water like slicks of ink

Hell, there’s one there bigger than a submarine

As he circles, I look in his eye

I see Jonah in his belly by the campfire light

Oh, an albatross up in the windy lofts

Yeah, he’s beating his wings while he sleeps it off

I hear the jettisoned cries from his dreams unkind

Yeah, they’re whipping my ears like a riding crop

Well, the captain once as able as a fink dandy

He’s now laid up in the galley like a dried-out mink

He’s laying dying of thirst and he says, or I think

«Well, we’re gonna be alone from here on in»

Yeah, you’re all my brothers and you have been kind

But what were you expecting to find?

Now your eyes turn inward, countenance turn blank

And I’m floating away on a barrel of pain

It looks like nothing but the sea and sky would remain

I say, na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na, hey

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na

Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na, hey

Yeah, a harpoon’s shaft is short and wide

A grappling hook’s is cracked and dry

I said, «Why don’t you get down in the sea

Oh, and turn the water red, man, like you want to be?»

'Cause if I cry another tear then I’ll be turned to dust

No, the sharks won’t get me but they don’t feel loss

Just keep one eye on the horizon, man, you best not blink

They’re coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks

Yeah, fin by fin

Yeah, fin by fin

Yeah, fin by fin

Oh, fin by fin

By fin by fin

Hey, hey