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by Great Big Sea.

Jenny said goodbye this afternoon
As far as I can tell
She can't bear the goodbye evenings
Or the morning-afters of farewell
She says "Here you are, another one
To whose back I'm saying 'Cheers.'
It's like a death in the family,
And it's been going on for years."

(chorus)
So I'll cast my leaving shadow
And I'll be Canadian
But distance won't decide what matters
To the hard Rock's loving son
And when I'm thinking of St. John's
I'll bring her closer with a song
I don't know where I'm going
But I know where I belong.

Don't get the old man started--
We'll have to hide him from the rum
If we can keep his mind from '49
Then he'll keep having fun
It's not the kids he's cursing,
Though I'm his third to leave
He's mad at Mr. Smallwood
And it's a parent's right to grieve

(chorus)

So let's take a moment's silence
For our dear departed souls
Let's fly our flags at half their masts
As another young man goes
The laughter of the children
Supplanted by the rolling ghosts
Another tide surrenders to a far and foreign coast

"I told Mom I'd stay close to the cousins
Who beat the path from our front door
One right after the other, and they won't be back no more
But the thing I think I fear the most,"
She whispered in my ear
"Is being the last flower in the garden
With no one left to care."

(chorus)
So I'll cast my leaving shadow
And I'll be Canadian
But distance won't decide what matters
To the hard Rock's loving son
And when I'm thinking of St. John's
I'll bring her closer with a song
I don't know where I'm going
But I know where I belong.
Where I belong
Where I belong
I don't know where I'm going
But I know where I belong.