Nothin' Ventured - Les Claypool

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained

His old time dentures pitted and coffee stained

Drove a milk truck for an outfit called Dairy Time

Till the cobwebs filled and clouded his mind

Something borrowed, something blue

Rest assured her love was always true

They raised their Sons in a place called Tomales Bay

Then melanoma came and took her away

He doesn’t worry but will often pine

TheTBiggest obstacle is passin time

He sold his house and bought a big old wood trawler

Now he drags the ocean to earn a square dollar

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained

The salty air helps to fade the pain

A simple man with a simple wish

Affable seas and an occasional load of fish

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained

Every now and then

Yer gonna get slapped with a slab of rain

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained

Some die and leave their mark

Some just a stain

Nothin' ventured nothin' gained…