We're taking on the water, diesel and stores

Layin' up awhile before I'm back on board

They're patching her up

To go fishin' again, fishin' again

Weldin' her rudder, scrubbin' her keel

Scars on her belly need time to heal

In the dock

With the trawlermen I know all the people

There's nobody new

Soon we'll be leavin' with the same old crew

On the green water

The tumbling sea

They ain't running like the good old days

Time's just slipping down the old slipways

In the dock

So dear to me Dark is the night

And I need a guiding light to keep me

From founderin' on the rocks

My only prayer

Is just to see you there at the end

Of my wandering back in the dock

La

Lalala

Laa lala

Laa lala I could use a layoff getting my strength back

But there's a loan to pay off and a few skipjack

So it's a turnaround

Back in the southerly wind, southerly wind

Pirates coming in to steal our gold

You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold

In the dock

When we come in Dark is the night

And I need a guiding light to keep me

From founderin' on the rocks

My only prayer

Is just to see you there at the end

Of my wandering back in the dock

Back in the dock

Laa lala

Laa lala