I left my home when I was just a lad
Because of the circumstances that I had
It was time for me to leave
Say goodbye to my family
And face this cold world on my own
We’ve been leaving the island for years
You could fill the oceans with our mothers tears
For each tear we cried
We had our reasons why
We had to go and live out somewhere else
Chorus
Well all that I can ask and all that I can pray
Is that I die in Newfoundland on a summers day
I can hear the roar and the rumble of the city outside
But all I have to do is close my eyes
And I can feel the ocean breeze
Blowing in from the Labrador
And it reminds me of that island in the sea
Chorus
Well times have been hard everywhere
But there’s more and more of us leaving every year
Who is to blame and will things every change
For the children and for you and me
Chorus twice
Cupids
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