Salt in the Blood, Steel in the Bone

Intro

Oh

Mmm-hmm

Ha

Verse 1

Footprints sink in wet sand

Cold wind bites across the salt land

My brothers stand beside me

White foam crests upon the wild sea

Searching ledges for the dark shells

Where the crushing surge of water swells

Pre-Chorus

Iron lung and silver spear

Stripping away every ounce of fear

Watching for the shadow in the gray

Hope the tax man keeps away

Chorus

Salt in the blood

Steel in the bone

We harvest the life

From the depths unknown

Kina and paua from the shelf

Find the man inside yourself

Salt in the blood

Steel in the bone

Verse 2

Trevally flash in a streak of green

Red snapper hiding where the rocks lean

Scallops rest in the soft silt

Ancient strength is what we just built

Mussels cling to the jagged reef

Life is hard but the joy is not brief

Pre-Chorus

Hauling up the net of heavy mullet

Taste the spray against a thirsty gullet

Snarling jaws are circling the bay

Hope the tax man keeps away

Chorus

Salt in the blood

Steel in the bone

We harvest the life

From the depths unknown

Kina and paua from the shelf

Find the man inside yourself

Salt in the blood

Steel in the bone

Bridge

Out in the blue where the tuna run fast

Breaking through swells that were built to last

Snapping at lines through the heat of the sun

Yellowtail king fish and battle is won

Hapuka sleeping in canyons so low

Into the storm where the brave men go

Chorus

Salt in the blood

Steel in the bone

We harvest the life

From the depths unknown

Kina and paua from the shelf

Find the man inside yourself

Salt in the blood

Steel in the bone