Letras de Seven Mile Bridge

You know as a child

He heard tell of the Seven Mile Bridge

That connected on Marathon Shore

Yes and it was the gateway to Key West
His grandpa had told him ten times more
Stories of some sailor′s curse on the bridge
Where it opens to let the boats through
But the natives all laugh at grandpa's old stories
And swear that it just isn′t true

Now most of them sail across to Miami
From the edge of the blue waterline
With crawfish and snapper to sell to the market
For money to spend on some wine
And they always cross through at the Seven Mile Bridge
Except when the moon comes out full
They're not superstitious they'll tell you as they are
Repeating that old seaman′s rule

Watch out for those outlaws and pirates
Lord knows that they′ll steal you blind
Don't mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They′re robbers and killers of time
There's nothing worse than an old sailor′s curse
On the Seven Mile Bridge where you'll find
They′re stealing the future and making believe
The past is still somewhere behind
The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge

And he found him a woman who'd come there from Cuba
She gave him a son and a dream
And they lived in a conch house somewhere on Stock Island
With the Seven Mile Bridge in between

She'd spend her nights on the widow walk wondering
If he′d safely pull through the storm
While he spent his money on painted up women
And whiskey to keep his blood warm
Then he′d gamble on crab races 'til he was broke
While she sat up waiting all night
And feeling too guilty to face her and tell her
He′d look for some bully to fight

Lord watch out for those outlaws and pirates
Lord knows that they'll steal you blind
Don′t mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They're robbers and killers of time
There′s nothing worse than an old sailor's curse
On the Seven Mile Bridge where you'll find
They′re stealing the future and making believe
The past is still somewhere behind
The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge

At the end of the rainbow where the sun always shines
Just south of the Seven Mile Bridge
She waits by the window for signs of his sailboat
And tries not to worry the kids
She sneaks a few drinks from the bottle she hides
From a husband that′s too tired to think
And with feelings of guilt she picks up the bottle
And pours the remains in the sink

Now she thinks of the men who stare at her boldly
They know she's a woman alone
With fingers that tremble she touches her body
And wishes her man would come home

Lord watch out for those outlaws and pirates
Lord knows that they′ll steal you blind
Don't mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They′re robbers and killers of time
There's nothing worse than an old sailor′s curse
On the Seven Mile Bridge where you'll find
They're stealing the future and making believe
The past is still somewhere behind
The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge

Now the years pass so quickly for time is a thief
His skin looks like leather by now
And his woman′s got fat and lost all her beauty
But Lord knows she′s lived up to her vow
She looks at her son that's going on twenty
He′s ready to live his own life
And she hopes he can find a seaworthy woman
A sailor sure needs a good wife
Why he's just like his daddy she thinks
As she watches him weaving those fishnets all day

And knowing that sometime the Seven Mile Bridge
Will take him and lead him astray
And he might return his woman would learn
Broke like his daddy and drunk
And she wrote down some words on an old piece of sailcloth
And nailed it over his bunk
Why then she packed his sea bag and filled up his trunk
His new wife would want it that way
Just before the old man shook the younger lad′s hand
These are the words he did say

Son watch out for those outlaws and pirates
Lord knows that they'll steal you blind
Don′t mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They're robbers and killers of time
There's nothing worse than an old sailor′s curse
On the Seven Mile Bridge where you′ll find
They're stealing the future and making believe
The past is still somewhere behind
The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge

The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge