All for a Song

We said our goodbyes
Under an Argentia sky
With old Newfoundland at our backs
No beds on the ferry
So we drank ourselves merry
And sailed off to find Halifax

We were told there’d be treasures
And measures of gold
And beauties to crash by our sides
But what we found that first visit
In an old Honda Civic
Was so much more than just a joy ride

It wasn’t for wine or for whisky we fell
It wasn’t for love though the lovers did help
The reason we gave for sailing away so long
On this wreck of a ship we’ve been on, you and me
We did it all for a song

Then we all got lost
By the time we hit Boston
We didn’t know which way to turn
The bodhran was bent and the whistles were dented
And singing was starting to burn

But we took a chance that we could keep ‘em dancing
‘Cause Lukey was making them clap
We were dying to know
Just how far we could go
And life was worth living for that

We would sing
With the walls closing in
And a thousand miles left to Grand Falls
Though we cursed in the verse
We swore the only thing worse than this ride
Would be no ride at all

It wasn’t for wine or for whisky we fell
Not fame, acclaim, and not for ticket sales
Not for roses and thistles, or ladies and gents
And not for the youth or the money we spent
It wasn’t wanderlust or a rambling fever
Or cruising in tubes down the cold Boise River
Not beer by the bucket or rum by the barrel
And not even the cover of the Newfoundland Herald
The reason we gave for sailing away so long
On this wreck of a ship we’ve been on
You and me
We did it all for a song