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Mmm, mmm Oh-oh, oh-oh Deep water shining Afternoon blue
Three-thirty sun On Twofold Bay Clean light falling Across the day
Fishing boats And harbour roads Wharf lines waiting For their loads
Cannery Wharf In working clothes Thompsons Pool Where clear tide flows
Town on the hill Looking down On a deep blue port And a fishing town
The water lies quiet But the old stories stay In the ropes and the rails And the salt on the bay
Deep water Eden Blue harbour sky You hold the boats and ghosts here As the years roll by
Deep water Eden Still working today From the old whaling mornings To the boats in the bay
Oh-oh, oh-oh Deep water Eden Oh-oh, oh-oh Still standing by the bay
Men went out In wooden boats Winter wind And oilskin coats
Whales in the swell Orcas in foam Old Tom's shadow Turning them home
Now cranes stand still And yachts swing slow Fishing boats turn Where the deep tides go
Same old harbour Same blue light Holding the day Into the night
The water lies quiet But it knows every name Every boat that came back Every boat that never came
Deep water Eden Blue harbour sky You hold the boats and ghosts here As the years roll by
Deep water Eden Still working today From the old whaling mornings To the boats in the bay
There's beauty in a working place When everything belongs The sheds, the ramps, the mooring lines The gulls, the boats, the songs
Not dressed up for postcards Not pretending to be new Just a clean deep-water harbour Doing what it's meant to do
Deep water Eden Blue harbour sky You hold the boats and ghosts here As the years roll by
Deep water Eden Still working today From the old whaling mornings To the boats in the bay
Oh-oh, oh-oh Deep water Eden Oh-oh, oh-oh Still standing by the bay
Deep water shining Afternoon blue Deep water Eden I'll come back to you