[Verse 1] I used to drive dirt roads With a buck knife grin Salt on my boots And trouble in my skin Now the tide roll in Like a black-lung choir And I found my thunder In the wake and the wire [Pre-Chorus] Now the nets come up Full of iron and flame And the night looks mean When it knows my name I hear that pull From the deep green ground One hard turn And the whole world pounds [Chorus] now who would have thought (Who would have thought) there come a day (there come a day) when i did country metal (country metal) the oceans way (the oceans way) Hell on the tide Salt in the ache Country metal The oceans way [Verse 2] Dockside preacher With a scarred-up laugh Moon on the water And a blooded map I keep one hand On the rail, one on the truth If the storm wants me It can come get proof [Pre-Chorus] Now the nets come up Full of iron and flame And the night looks mean When it knows my name I hear that pull From the deep green ground One hard turn And the whole world pounds [Chorus] now who would have thought (Who would have thought) there come a day (there come a day) when i did country metal (country metal) the oceans way (the oceans way) Hell on the tide Salt in the ache Country metal The oceans way [Bridge] No barn, no ballroom Just a deck and a gale No straight-line blessing Only bent-out nails I roar to the horizon Let the foam reply If the land won't hold me I'll still go high [Final Chorus] now who would have thought (Who would have thought) there come a day (there come a day) when i did country metal (country metal) the oceans way (the oceans way) Hell on the tide Salt in the ache Country metal The oceans way (Yeah, the oceans way)
