Old Atlantic

Take me to the old Atlantic Where I'll drown with all my friends Let the sea-stank salty waves roll in And wash me home again I don't need a new New England Bury me back where I'm from I'll go roving 'round the world But bring my bones back when I'm done And I'm done Trapped out on the open road Far away from all the cow paths that I've known With six-hundred miles to go Until my toes can touch that frozen seaweed loam That reminds me I can't do this on my own Take me to the old Atlantic Where I'll drown with all my friends Let the sea-stank salty waves roll in And wash me home again I don't need a new New England Bury me back where I'm from I'll go roaming 'round the world But bring my bones back when I'm done And I'm done Feel our Fathers beneath in our feet In the shameful shards of history that stain the streets And the Dirty Water that we bleed To cleanse the sins we cast upon a shining sea Until we find a way to finally make it free Take me to the old Atlantic Where I'll drown with all my friends Let the sea-stank salty waves roll in And wash me home again I don't need a new New England Bury me back where I'm from I'll go roaming 'round the world But bring my bones back when I'm done And I'm done Oh, I know it's home With all its faults we've yet to own Shuck this oyster of a world We've got all the shit we need to make a pearl Take me to the old Atlantic Where I'll drown with all my friends Let the sea-stank salty waves roll in And wash me home again Take me to the old Atlantic Where I'll drown with all my friends Let the sea-stank salty waves roll in And wash me home again Take me to the old Atlantic Where I'll drown with all my friends Let the sea-stank salty waves roll in And wash me home again I don't need a new New England Bury me back where I'm from I'll go roving 'round the world But bring my bones back when I'm done And I'm done