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lyrics
Twenty years I was stuck
At the stern of The Tub
And I had the best of the three
And the witch in the water was casting a spell
And casting an eye over me.
I was wrinkled and new
Like a freshly born child
I was wrinkled and old
Like a sage
I was listening to waves
On my radio set
And taking a fisherman’s wage.
And I didn’t know better
I didn’t know how
I hadn’t a thread I could pull
So I closed all the shutters
To shut out the moon
And raged through the house like a bull.
Another long day
For my fisherman’s wage
I pulled up my catch in the sun
And I spoke to a fish
That turned silver and spat
Out the secrets of many an age
So I put away hooks
And I put away nets
And I bevelled the sand with a stick
While I thought of the moon
And the witch in the waves
And the luck of the cursed and the sick.
The three fates align
On your palm when you’re born
At least that’s what happened to me
And I sailed on the sea and I reeled in a dream
Oh I had the best of the three
And I went far inland and I shut myself in
But I still hear the old whispering:
The Moon and the Waves.
credits
from Sailors and Insomniacs,
released August 5, 2022
Faron Powell-Smith: Vocals, piano, harmonium, keyboards, synths
Merle Powell-Smith: Vocals, guitar, mandolin, autoharp, synths, drum programming
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