Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Morning tide pulls at my boots again
Salt-worn hands grip the wooden rail
Thirty years I've walked this shoreline
Each cove and inlet knew my trail
The boats rock gentle in the harbor
But empty nets tell different tales
What we had seems lost forever
Nature's balance on the scales
[Chorus]
These waters used to know my name
Now I'm just a stranger calling out in vain
[Verse 2]
(Oh, oh-oh)
Grandfather taught me all the markers
Where silver schools would dance and play
Now the surface lies so quiet
Like a friend who's turned away
Young ones ask me for my wisdom
But my knowledge feels like rust
When the patterns keep on changing
And traditions turn to dust
[Chorus]
These waters used to know my name
Now I'm just a stranger calling out in vain
[Verse 3]
(La-di-da, oh-oh)
There's plastic riding on the whitecaps
Where seabirds once would dive and soar
The old-timers' charts mean nothing
On this unfamiliar shore
Sometimes I stand here watching
As the sun bleeds in the west
Wondering if tomorrow
Holds what yesterday possessed
[Chorus]
These waters used to know my name
Now I'm just a stranger calling out in vain
(These waters used to know my name)
Now I'm just a stranger calling out in vain