We will ride on these oceans of blue For it's all we've ever known to do So we will ride on these oceans of blue Hell hath no fury like a storm from the south, my father used to say And one black night when I was just a boy, it came and took everything away It was all this little town had ever known What will we do now? the townsfolk asked We can't rebuild, so we must move on Move with the times and turn to other industry For in fishing the good days are gone. My father turned and said to me, son: We must ride on these oceans of blue For it's all we've ever known to do We must ride on these oceans of blue So we rebuilt it all and years have passed Now I have boys of my own But the catches get thinner each year And we can't seem to repay this loan But it was all, we had ever known My father did this job, and his father before him It was all they had ever known So reluctantly we move with the times But before we return for one last time home My father said to me son We will ride on these oceans of blue For it's all we've ever known to do We will ride on these oceans of blue For it's all we've ever known to do We must ride on these oceans, Ride on this ocean, Ride on this ocean of blue