Causeway Road

They call me Danny Fingers
and how I got that name
is the source of some contention
so let me set it all straight
I set out for vindication
for my brother's lost soul
after a dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road

I started fishing with my Daddy
back in '73
We made enough from the quota
we could start a little fleet
Heard Ronny's got an old Cape Island
that he'll sell for a steal
Thirty foot with a Detroit diesel 
and a hell of a keel

So we bought a boat for my brother
and his own tag too
Built the traps with my Daddy
like my Daddy used to do and
God damn on the first day of fishing
not a mile from his home
my brother took an ungodly load of water
every seam on the hull let go
It was a dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road
A dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road

Well my Mamma's still cryin'
my Daddy took to the drink
Me I just got angry
with all the time to think
Ronny's gonna have to meet his own maker
I'm gonna go it alone
How's my brother supposed to get himself to heaven
when we never did find his bones

I got some old booze bottles
loaded with kerosine
Stuffed rags down the necks of em
and grabbed some TNT
Then I drank up the courage
grabbed my navy cut smokes
to avenge the dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road
that dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road

Untied my boat from her mooring
lit up a cigarette
Came on the gas a little heavy
and I slipped on the deck
Well as God as my witness
I never will forget that smell
My cigarette caught a bottle
brought all the fury of Hell

Floated through Three Fathom Harbour
round The Reserve and The Wedge
The tide spit me out in the morning
on the other side of Rudy's Head
How long I was out for
Buddy it's hard to know
I'll tell ya one thing for certain
I blew off my fingers and my toes
It was a dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road
A dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road

Well her keel is still sitting
in the seaside sands
I had to give up fishing
on account of my hands
Well if you're looking for a lesson
when it comes to revenge
You better leave it to the ocean
She's gonna win in the end 
with a dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road
A dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road
Beware of a dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road
Just another dark and dirty betrayal on the Causeway Road