Karaoké Bilgewater Brown Bird (Resident Alien)

It don't matter if the cold wind blows

I'm gonna wind up workin' in the thick of it

Sunshine through the rain and snow

There's an oily brine bilge water baptism waitin' below

That's just the waves slammin' against the topsides' sound

Don't let the ever rollin' motion go and get you down

Don't let it shake your steady thread cuttin' hand

Keep stealin' ribbons from the steel and givin' hell to every halyard you can

In spite of all the wherewithal

To fight it all

I will face it all

In spite of all

In spite of all the wherewithal the wherewithal

To fight it all

To fight it all

I'll embrace it all

I'll embrace it all

When everyday's like a war between the will to go on

And a wish that the world would spiral into the sun

Turn your head toward the storm that's surely comin' along

If the sun was always shinin' and our load always light

We'd be shakin' like a leaf with every God given night

And we'd break under the weight of any pressure that was ever applied

Will you be ready when the straw boss calls

He's got an ever lovin' bone to pick with one and all

Don't let his condescension get you down

Just have the strength to know you're wrong and when you're right the strength to stand your ground

In spite of all the wherewithal

To fight it all

I will face it all

In spite of all

In spite of all the wherewithal the wherewithal

To fight it all

To fight it all

I will face it all

I'll embrace it all

In spite of all

When everyday the wherewithal is like a war

To fight it all

You find no strength

I will face it all from your usual source

In spite of all

There's no peace the wherewithal

There's no rest

To fight it all

Your fortitude is feelin'

I'll embrace it all put to the test

In spite of all

When everyday is like a war the wherewithal between the will to go on

To fight it all

And a wish that the world

I will face it all would spiral into the sun

In spite of all

Turn your head toward the storm the wherewithal that's surely comin' along

If the sun was always shinin' and our load always light

We'd be shakin' like a leaf with every God given night

We'd break under the weight of any pain that ever came to this life