The Gales Of 1838

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[Verse 1]

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They say, 'She walks in the water
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 Her whistles silence the day
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She helps the smugglers turn their crimes into American dimes
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Into Canadian dollars, opium, and haze
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At the foot of Woodward
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There's a condition or two to shade the custom's review
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All the young women overdressed in their long-coats
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Allow us to drink on their wine
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Our eyes turn to glass and shine on blind


[Chorus]

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So I've had wine and wine and wine
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And more wine tonight
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And tonight I saw their world
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And I am so far from it now
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I'm collapsing like the lighthouse in the gales of 1838


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]

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She takes musicians to Bois Blanc
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 She takes the dancers there too
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And at the end of the long nights she takes them back by lamplight
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But until then she stays clear out of view
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Before we dock at Richmond
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There's a hidden tax of merit and all the boaters inherit
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One dollar for every Lincoln brought in
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We exchange them their Loonies and unwind
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Our eyes turn to glass and shine on blind


[Chorus]

            A                 C#7
So I've had wine and wine and wine
                D
And more wine tonight
      C#m               D    F#m
And tonight I saw their world
         B              B
And I am so far from it now
       D                                  E          A  E
I'm collapsing like the lighthouse in the gales of 1838


[Instrumental]

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[Chorus]

            A                 C#7
So I've had wine and wine and wine
                D
And more wine tonight
      C#m               D    F#m
And tonight I saw their world
         B
And I am so far from it now
       D                                  E          A  E
I'm collapsing like the lighthouse in the gales of 1838