WILL THE TIDE EVER CHANGE.<br /> -----------------------------------------<br /> OUT-MIGRATION IS THE CURSE OF THIS ISLE<br /> IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR SUCH A LONG WHILE<br /> WE'RE LOSING OUR YOUTH WHO'D RATHER NOT GO<br /> BUT THE OUTWARD TIDE HAS A STRONG UNDERTOW<br /> CHORUS<br /> WILL THE TIDE EVER CHANGE, WILL IT EVER COME IN<br /> WILL IT EVER REVERSE, BRING THEM HOME AGAIN<br /> WILL THE LURE OF THIS ISLAND ENTICE THEM ONCE MORE<br /> TO RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS ON THIS ISLAND SHORE<br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------<br /> SEE THE PAIN ON THEIR FACES AS THEY LEAVE<br /> FAMILIES TORN APART, SUFFER AND GRIEVE<br /> WITH ALL OF OUR RICHES, STILL THEY MUST GO<br /> 'CAUSE THE OUTWARD TIDE STILL CONTINUES TO FLOW<br /> REPEAT CHORUS<br /> OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS MUST ROAM FAR AND WIDE<br /> WE MUST FIND A WAY TO STEM THIS TIDE<br /> IF OUR YOUNG BLOOD CONTINUES TO LEAVE<br /> WHO'LL BURY THE OLD THAT'S LEFT HERE TO GRIEVE<br /> REPEAT CHORUS<br /> ALL OUR RESOURCES GET SHIPPED UP ALONG<br /> CREATING JOBS TO KEEP OTHERS STRONG<br /> NOW WHEN WILL WE LEARN, WHEN WILL WE GET WISE<br /> BY KEEPING IT HERE WE'LL STOP OUR DEMISE<br /> REPEAT CHORUS<br /> (C)EVERETT ADAMS 1998 (NEWSFLASH SOUNDS)   Submitted By: Everett Adams