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I came to a western island as far as a man can walk is my land
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I cleared ten acres and a house I built into the side of the hill
[Verse 1]
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The roof leaks, the windows rattle, and the grass in the high ground won't feed cattle
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The west wind blown off the sea makes it hard to grow a tree
[Verse 2]
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One cow and a lean-to bier, a spring close by and a driftwood fire
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A clear view of the settin' sun and a 12 gauge hammer gun
[Verse 3]
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I keep sheep, I fish deep water in a high bowed boat called the Neptune's Daughter
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She will ride any western gale and can carry a stack of sails
[Verse 4]
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Some nights when the bright lights flicker I sail to the mainland for my liquor
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I haven't got a woman to call my own, but I never wake up alone
[Verse 5]
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A man needs to feel the ground and the wind to tell him the world spins round
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To watch the stars and taste the sea, and a woman to keep him free
[Chorus]
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I came to a western island as far as a man can walk is my land
C G A D
I cleared ten acres and a house I built into the side of the hill
