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Artist/Band: Great Big Sea
Lyrics for Song: Penelope
Lyrics for Album: Sea Of No Cares [2002]



Penelope works in the market

Down in the coconut trees

She's savin' up all her money

To go to America across the sea



She once had an uncle

He lived in Detroit town

They got all his postcards

But his body has never been found



Till this day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Till this day-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Till this day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Till this day-ay-ay-ay-yeah



She got a job as a domestic

Workin' for minimum wage

From all her friends back home in Jamaica

They say 'you really got it made in the shade'



But they don't see her sweat and grime

And bendin' on her knees

She wishes she were back in Jamaica

Beneath the coconut trees



Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah



Every day, yeah

Every day, yeah



Penelope's back in the market

She found out what it was all about

Nah, no she doesn't regret it

She's just glad that she got out



But other's aren't so lucky

They're there till the day they die

Trapped in the steel and concrete

No beach, no moon, no sky



Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Every day-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

Every day-ay-ay-ay-yeah


Album Lyrics: Sea Of No Cares [2002]


Great Big Sea
"Sea Of No Cares [2002]"


1. A Boat Like Gideon Brown
2. Scolding Wife
3. Sea Of No Cares
4. Penelope
5. Clearest Indication
6. Stumbling In
7. Widow In The Window
8. French Perfume
9. Yarmouth Town
10. Barque In The Harbor
11. Own True Way
12. Fortune