Save The Whales!-Country Joe McDonald

[ti:Save The Whales!] [ar:Country Joe McDonald] [al:Paradise With An Ocean View] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Save The Whales! - Country Joe McDonald [00:41.37]When my grandpa was a boy [00:43.49]He went down to the general store [00:46.12]Saw a picture book of a whale [00:48.40]Shooting its spout and flashin' its tail [00:51.02]Then he got a sailor's dream [00:53.34]'Bout cruisin' around on the salty sea [00:55.91]Joinin' up with a fishin' crew [00:58.26]To go out and get him a whale or two [01:00.64] [01:01.36]Tell me what kind of men are these [01:03.45]Who sail upon the salty seas  [01:05.96]Up in the rigging in the afternoon [01:08.38]Swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons [01:11.83]Hooray and up she rises [01:13.85]Hooray and up she rises [01:15.84]Hooray and up she rises [01:20.00]Early in the morning [01:21.01] [01:21.81]There're lots of whales in the deep blue sea [01:23.79]We kill them for the company [01:25.57] [01:26.10]We drag 'em 'longside and chop 'em in two [01:27.99] [01:28.93]And melt 'em down and sell 'em to you [01:32.28]There hardly is a sailor alive [01:33.85]Who can keep the tears from his eyes [01:36.07]As he remembers the good old days [01:38.47]When there were no whales to save [01:41.14]Now we can thank the company [01:43.71]For scouring the deep blue seas [01:45.91]Looking for ivory and perfume [01:48.65]And plastic toys and pet food [01:51.58]Hooray and up she rises [01:54.32]Hooray and up she rises [01:56.07]Hooray and up she rises [01:58.89]Early in the morning [01:59.88] [02:30.39]Shanghaied by the light of the moon [02:32.39]Put out from Boston in the middle of June [02:35.33]After six months out at sea [02:37.15]It's nothin' but death and misery [02:40.58]Set out on a three-year cruise [02:43.42]A union ship and a union crew [02:44.70]And after six months you begin to see [02:47.73]That whalin's not what it used to be [02:50.82]A modern ship and a modern crew [02:52.60]With sonar scopes and explodin' harpoons [02:54.25]A mechanical boat made outta steel [02:56.11]A floating machine built to kill the whales [02:59.84]Hooray and up she rises [03:01.89]Hooray and up she rises [03:04.46]Hooray and up she rises [03:06.78]Early in the morning [03:08.11] [03:19.55]When my grandpa was a boy [03:21.42]He went down to the general store [03:23.87]Saw a picture book of a whale [03:26.95]Shooting its spout and flashin' its tail [03:29.37]Then he got a sailor's dream [03:31.03]'Bout cruisin' around on the salty sea [03:33.21]Joinin' up with a fishin' crew [03:35.70]To go out and get him a whale or two [03:38.02] [03:38.57]Tell me what kind of men are these [03:40.59]Who sail upon the salty seas  [03:42.90]Up in the rigging in the afternoon [03:45.37]Swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons [03:48.22]Hooray and up she rises [03:50.34]Hooray and up she rises [03:52.80]Hooray and up she rises [03:55.38]Early in the morning [03:57.58]Hooray and up she rises [03:59.83]Hooray and up she rises [04:02.06]Hooray and up she rises [04:04.15]Early in the morning