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Wave Over Wave
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Singer/Songwriter
Wave Over Wave was released on October 11, 1995 by Warner Music Canada as a part of the album Up
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AlbumUp
Release DateOctober 11, 1995
LabelWarner Music Canada
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM57

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jim Payne
Jim Payne
Songwriter
J. Spence
J. Spence
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, me names Able Rogers, a share man am I
On a three-masted schooner from Twilingate Isle
I've been the world over, north, south, east, and west
But the middle of nowhere's where I likes it best
[Verse 2]
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
There's no other life for a sailor like me
Than to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea
There's no other life but to sail the salt sea
[Verse 3]
Well, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
For she built me a home and raised my children there
She'd never come out to bid farewell to me
Or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea
[Verse 4]
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
There's no other life for a sailor like me
Than to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea
There's no other life but to sail the salt sea
[Verse 5]
Ah, the work, it is hard and the hours are long
But my spirit is willing, my back, it is strong
And when the work's over the whisky will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore
[Verse 6]
I've sailed the world over for decades or more
And oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer, it's pleasure and pain
But with life to live over, I'd do it again
[Verse 7]
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
There's no other life for a sailor like me
Than to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea
[Verse 8]
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
There's no other life for a sailor like me
Than to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea
There's no other life but to sail the salt sea
[Verse 9]
Oh-oh-oh
Written by: J. Spence, Jim Payne
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