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Rumble of the Diesel Lyrics
I like the rumble of the diesel
And the smell of the oil
I percolate my coffee
On the radiator boil
I been chasin' tuna nearly 27 years
I got the eyeballs of an eagle
But there's ringing in my ears
I like the rumble of the diesel
And the smell of the oil
Granddad was a farmer but i couldn't stand the soil
I like to keep it simple
It helps to keep me sane
I like floating in the ocean
It nullifies the pain
Some say we can find a place
Between Heaven and Hell
Some work to make the bread rise
I like to plow the ocean swell
Errol's got a sweet Monteray
Rigged for salmon and crab
Never had a family
Unless you count that old yellow Lab
Lookin' back to '95
I had a fresh Cummings re-power
Draggin' lines for Albacore
'Till the market went sour
We talked of strike for 40 days
'Cause the price was drove down
And when I finally settled up
We got less than a dollar a pound
I like the rumble of the diesel
And the smell of the oil
I percolate my coffee
On the radiator boil
I been chasin' tuna nearly 27 years
I got the eyeballs of an eagle
But there's ringing in my ears
And the smell of the oil
Granddad was a farmer but i couldn't stand the soil
I like to keep it simple
It helps to keep me sane
I like floating in the ocean
It nullifies the pain
Between Heaven and Hell
Some work to make the bread rise
I like to plow the ocean swell
Errol's got a sweet Monteray
Rigged for salmon and crab
Never had a family
Unless you count that old yellow Lab
I had a fresh Cummings re-power
Draggin' lines for Albacore
'Till the market went sour
We talked of strike for 40 days
'Cause the price was drove down
And when I finally settled up
We got less than a dollar a pound
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I honestly feel like it depends on how you interpret it. For example the chorus is pretty self explanatory. It explains that he's been fishing for over 27 years, I'm guessing owns a company and/or sells fish to stores. Fishing/boating brings peace to the character. Either his grandpa was a farmer, but he didn't like it, or his grandpa tried to get him into farming w/ him but he "couldn't stand the soil". For the heaven and hell part, I feel like it shifts towards homeless and very rich people. One having nothing, living on the streets, basically a hell, and one having everything they could ask for, a heaven most people ask for. The bread rise part is self explanatory as well. Plowing the ocean swell basically means fishing. This is the part me, myself am iffy about. The "errol's got a sweet Monterey, rigged for salmon and crab." But if I had to guess, it would mean he has caught better quality fish, and the character doesn't, meaning he's not making anymore money. Maybe I am reading too much into this. But even I don't know that part. For the golden lab part, basically meaning he never had a proper family, except for his grandpa and/or yellow lab. For the looking back to 95 part, maybe he's thinking/looking back to/of memories. "Dragging lines for albacore till the market went sour" meaning that they caught fish for the market, they they didn't want it/paid the character less money than before for the fish. They haven't been able to give fish to the store for 40 days/didn't want to, but when the character did, they got "less than a pound"
So In conclusion, it basically just talks about marketing., or probably not, maybe I'm reading too much into the lyrics.
a great song about an old fisherman. tada!
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