We're taking on the water, diesel and stores   Layin' up awhile before I'm back on board   They're patching her up   To go fishin' again, fishin' again   Weldin' her rudder, scrubbin' her keel   Scars on her belly need time to heal   In the dock   With the trawlermen      I know all the people   There's nobody new   Soon we'll be leavin' with the same old crew   On the greener water   The tumbling sea   They ain't running like the good old days   Time's just slipping down the old slipways   In the dock   So dear to me      Dark is the night   And I need a guiding light to keep me   From founderin' on the rocks   My only prayer   Is just to see you there at the end   Of my wandering back in the dock   La   Lalala   Laa lala   Laa lala      I could use a layoff getting my strength back   But there's a loan to pay off and a few skipjack   So it's a turnaround   Back in the southerly wind, southerly wind   Pirates coming in to steal our gold   You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold   In the dock   When we come in      Dark is the night   And I need a guiding light to keep me   From founderin' on the rocks   My only prayer   Is just to see you there at the end   Of my wandering back in the dock   Back in the dock   Laa lala   Laa lala