Seagulls Lyrics - Play - Great Big Sea

She left St.John's one day in May 

Dressed in her Sunday best 

A kind man sat beside her 

While she cried her way out West 

She moved in with her cousin 

Found a job down in the mall 

Her friends at home were jealous 

Said they'd see her in the fall 

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You know that she wants to try, never lets you see her cry 

You know that she wants to try, she's got seagulls in her eyes 

The people here seem really nice 

But the winter's way too long 

New friends, they don't understand 

Her mother wrote "be strong" 

She made some decent money 

But nothing comes for free 

The windy street, just can't compete 

With the sky, the rocks and sea 

Chorus 

Her parents came at Eastertime 

They wanted her to stay 

But she bought a panel van 

Moved home on her birthday 

Her friends were pretty cynical 

"Couldn't make it on your own..." 

Now the sky's a little smaller 

And it doesn't seem like home