Well it's blackfish at play in Hermitage Bay
From Pushthrough across to Bois Island.
They broach and they sprout and they lift their flukes out
And they wave to a town that is dying.
Now it's many's the boats that have plied on the foam,
Hauling away! Hauling away!
But there's many more fellows been leaving their homes,
Where whales make free in the harbour.
It's at Portage and Main you'll see them again
On their way to the hills of Alberta.
With lop-side grins, they waggle their chins
And they brag of the wage they'll be earning.
Then it's quick, pull the string boys, and get the loot out,
Haul it away! Haul it away!
But just two years ago you could hear the same shout
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Free in the harbour; the blackfish are sporting again
Free in the harbour; untroubled by comings and goings of men
Who once did persue them as oil from the sea,
Hauling away! Hauling away!
Now they're Calgary roughnecks from Hermitage Bay,
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Well, it's living they've found, deep in the ground,
And if there's doubts, it's best they ignore them.
Nor think on the bones, the crosses and stones
Of their fathers that came there before them.
In the taverns of Edmonton, fishermen shout
Haul it away! Haul it away!
They left three hundred years buried up the Bay
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Free in the harbour; the blackfish are sporting again
Free in the harbour; untroubled by comings and goings of men
Who once did persue them as oil from the sea,
Hauling away! Hauling away!
Now they're Calgary roughnecks from Hermitage Bay,
Where the whales make free in the harbour.The sun is down
I'm coming 'round
But I don't belong
In this part of town
So lead me high
Don't leave me low
And when I'm away
Lead me home
Any day now
You can save me
As I go up in flames
Any day now
Skies may open
But they'll wash me away
Give me one last try
Before you hang me out to dry
'Cause how can you be sure
That you won't need something that you can remember me by?
So many days
Away from home
Like some kind of freak
In a travelling show
Don't hold your breath
Or wait for me
I'm already gone
There's nobody here
Any day now
You can save me
As I go down in flames
Every way now
You deceive me
When you promise to stay
Give me one last try
Before you hang me out to dry
'Cause how can you be sure
That you won't need something that you can remember me by?
Something you need
Any day now
Any way at all
Any day now
Any way at all
Give me one last try
Before you hang me out to dry
'Cause how can you be sure
That you won't need something that you can remember me by?