Bilgewater

It don't matter if the cold wind blows I'm gonna wind up working in the thick of it Sunshine through the rain and snow There's an oily brine bilge water baptism waiting below That's just the waves slamming against the topsides' sound Don't let the ever rolling motion go and get you down Don't let it shake your steady thread cutting hand Keep stealing ribbons from the steel and giving hell To every halyard you can In spite of all the wherewithal To fight it all, I will face it all In spite of all the wherewithal To fight it all, I'll embrace it all When every day's like a war between the will to go on And a wish that the world would spiral into the sun Turn your head toward the storm that's surely coming along If the sun was always shining and our load always light We'd be shaking like a leaf with every God given night And we'd break under the weight of any pressure That was ever applied Will you be ready when the straw boss calls? He's got an ever loving bone to pick with one and all Don't let his condescension get you down Just have the strength to know you're wrong And when you're right, the strength to stand your ground In spite of all the wherewithal To fight it all, I will face it all In spite of all the wherewithal To fight it all, I'll embrace it all (In spite of all) when every day (the wherewithal) is like a war (To fight it all) you find no strength (I will face it all) from your usual source (In spite of all) there's no peace (the wherewithal) there's no rest (To fight it all) your fortitude is feeling (I will face it all) put to the test (In spite of all) when every day is like a war (The wherewithal) between the will to go on (To fight it all) and a wish that the (I will face it all) world would spiral into the sun (In spite of all) turn your head toward the storm (The wherewithal) that's surely coming along If the sun was always shining and our load always light We'd be shaking like a leaf with every God given night And we'd break under the weight Of any pain that ever came in this life