Woke up one day  and made his way down  to the water front as he  did all the days  in his 44 years  as longs as the ships made it in    stands for a cause  stands for a union  for another day is gone  a dying breed of workers  who lived to carry on  who died for the age that we're in    in a cloudy haze  the fog drifted in  and men wore his colors  who chose to begin  as a younger man  working through his days  to carry home the food  to carry home the pay    woke up one day  and made his way down  to the water front as he  did all the days  in his 44 years  as long the ships made it in    the best day was the one  milestone in a marathone  on that oakland waterfront  well deserved reward  for a hard working one  served and now deserves  whats to come    in a cloudy haze  the fog drifted in  and men wore his colors  who chose to begin  as a older man  working through every day  to carry home the food  to carry home the pay    we all have a cause  worth waging war  worth making peace to keep  we all have a love  whatever that is  or whom is thee to seek  there comes a day  if were lucky enough  and the cards fall our way, i pray  to sit with the birds  and take the boots off    to sit with the birds  and take the boots off