You will wait in the widows peak And while you watch the ships come in I will take the early train And I will take the back streets Down to New Orleans Before the avenues are swallowed By the morning heat And you will watch the ships come in And I will take the early train And I will make it home We're stronger where The strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know And it will take more than A heavy rain To silence us When there's so much for us I know And you will wait At your post until You've been relieved And warn us all If seas are dangerous But you should rest For a little while And I will watch the ships come in I'll alert the citizens I'll sound the alarm We're stronger where The strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know That it will take more than A heavy rain To silence us When there's so much for us I know They've tethered the ships In the harbor They've anchored the rest At sea We're stronger than Before the strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know We're stronger than Before the strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know That it will take more than A heavy rain To silence us When there's so much for us I know