It wasn't like this last year, it wasn't like this at all, we were taking the blues andthe groupers from February into the fall, you've got to ask that question when you'reup against the wall, it wasn't like this last year, it wasn't like this at all, speak, speakmonarch, it's a fair get in to the bayman's day, speak, speak monarch, all of the childrenare moving away, has it come down plain, is it time to seine on another bay, could thesebe the Leicesters that used to run this town, when the white whales swam off Poncua, they'dsail the tall ships down, there was Leicesters in the rigging, Leicesters on the sound, couldthese old men be the Leicesters that used to run this town, speak, speak monarch, it'sa fair get in to the bayman's day, speak, speak monarch, all of the children are movingaway, has it come down plain, is it time to seine on another bay.Last night when you went fishing, I saw you face to face, I knew as clear as a bell in the fog,you'd never leave this place, no more can the hunter up in the sky give up his fruitlesschase, clear as a bell through the fog at night, when I saw you face to face, clear as a bellthrough the fog at night, you'd never leave this place, speak, speak monarch, it's a fair get into the bayman's day, speak, speak monarch, all of the children are moving away, has it come downplain, is it time to seine on another bay.