[Verse 1]
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
The younger of the ocean sing
A paean to their mother, offering
To hold tight onto the quay
To hold tight onto the silent way

Oh, it don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter
No, it don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter what you do

[Verse 2]
In Massachusetts, in Massachusetts
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
A certain lack and dislocation
Sotted up to the gunwales, and
The tide tells you when to go
The tide, it tells you when to come and to go, go

[Chorus]
Oh, it don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter
No, it don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter what you do