Jack of all Trades Eddie Coffey
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In nineteen-eighty-five, In a quiet fishing village where I was well known,
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In a time of recession, With a wife and three children, I built our new home.
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As a backyard mechanic, I'd fix up their old cars when something went wrong;
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And I'd be the first one, To give them a loan when their money was gone.
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And I was a plumber, And I was a carpenter in my spare time;
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And out on the Grand Banks, I worked on the big ones until eighty-nine.
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And I was the musician, At parties and weddings I played and I sang;
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Cause I'm Jack of all trades, But least I can say, I'm a fisherman.
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I am a fisherman, And just like my father before me, I'm a preacher, a teacher;
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I can be anything That you want me to be.
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And I am the critic, Who fights the politicians to get the work done;
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'Cause I'm Jack of all trades, But least I can say, I'm a fisherman.
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Now, the years have gone by, There are tears in my eyes, and my children have grown;
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My old boat is all dry, There it sits on its side, down the path from my home.
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My old house is still standing, "For Sale," the sign reads, standing out on the lawn;
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And to each I explains, All the hardships and gains of a fisherman.
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I am a fisherman, And just like my father before me, I'm a preacher, a teacher;
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I can be anything That you want me to be.
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And I am the critic, Who fights the politicians to get the work done;
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'Cause I'm Jack of all trades, But least I can say, I'm a fisherman.
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Now it's nineteen-ninety-four, I go fishin' no more.... Don't you think that it's cruel?
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Almost fifty years old, And today was told I should go back to school.
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I've got no diploma, And I've got no papers to prove what I am;
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Life can be hard for me, Cause I've got no degree; I'm a fisherman.
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I am a fisherman, And just like my father before me, I'm a preacher, a teacher;
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I can be anything That you want me to be.
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And I am the critic, Who fights the politicians to get the work done;
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'Cause I'm Jack of all trades, But least I can say, I'm a fisherman.
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I am a fisherman, And just like my father before me, I'm a preacher, a teacher;
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I can be anything That you want me to be.
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And I am the critic, Who fights the politicians to get the work done;
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'Cause I'm Jack of all trades, But least I can say, I'm a fisherman.