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LOOK AT THE WATER Key of A
© Bob Wright
A D
Look at the water brother
A D
Look at the water brother
A D E A
We should have realized that something was wrong
A D
Look at the color of it
A D
Look at the color brother
A D E A
We should have realized that something was wrong

(Chorus)
A E A
Now we’re gonna have to shut it all down boys
E A
We’re gonna have to shut it all down
D
From the Hudson to the Raritan
A E
Ain’t no one taking care of it
D A
We’re gonna have to shut it all down.

Can’t find no stripers (OH NO)
Can’t find no shad (OH NO)
I hate to say it boys but things have gone bad
Can’t eat no oysters (OH NO)
Can’t eat no clams (OH NO)
I hate to say it boys but we’re in a jam

(Chorus)

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK- (VERSE)

Call out the lawyers (OH NO)
Call out the judge (OH NO)
We got to tell them that the harbors all sludge
Go tell the clamming man ( NOOOO)
Go tell the oysterman (NOOOO)
We got to tell them that their jobs are all done

(Chorus)

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from The Oyster Aristocracy, released January 1, 2009

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Bob Wright/ Harbortown New York, New York

He is a multi-instrumentalist, an award winning songwriter and Bob Wright songs are often mistaken for traditional songs because their immigrant roots run deep beneath the surface of America and back to the places they came from for nurturing and inspiration. They surface in a modern world, constructed with a modern sensibility and a comforting resonance with the past. ... more

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