Snap the Line Tight Lyrics

I've got a halibut boat the opening is over
The fish just weren't biting our catch is way down
We're salvagers now there's logs that are waiting
We pull 'em off shore and we sell them in town
[Chorus]
Snap the line tight... Haul them away
Snap the line tight... She's rocking , She's free
Snap the line tight... Haul them away
And slide 'em off into the sea

How many thousands of acres of forest
Lie scattered and heaped by the wind and the tide
The companies cut them, boomed 'em & lost 'em
And left them forever to rot where they lie
She's a six foot thick hemlock half-sunken in sand
Gotta dig out a hole to pass the line through
Wrap her around and when she's tied and ready
Then stand clear away and signal the crew
[Chorus]
It's thirty-six hours we've been without sleep
Gotta boom them by dawn if we're making this tide
It's a five hour haul with a Nor'wester blowing
And a starboard-side swell for a b***** rough ride
And our back deck's a mess of anchors and peaveys
All sliding and tangling in cable and chains
We're in the middle with chokers and pike-poles
To wrap the logs tight so they're not lost again