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Sailor's Snug Harbor

from Two Thousand Pennies by M Shanghai

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SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR

I don't miss going out on the sea
The ocean isn't a friend to me
All she wants to swallow me
And pull me down

All those men that were lost to the waves
Haunt me, pleading they still can be saved
Can't remember how many days
I've lived on survivor's time

I feel much lighter now that I'm dry
Feet on dirt, with a bed by a fire
I cut a feather with every stride
And each step is steady

But the nights are always the same
Drowning in dreams, I'm back on the waves
And the sails have blown away

Leaving us adrift on the green
Tired and dried out and little to eat
Eye to eye with the sailor-soul thief
Taking us one at a time

I promised then if I was spared
I'd collapse in a comfortable chair
Snug and slippered, without a care
I'd never sail again

But the nights are always the same
Drowning in dreams, I'm back on the waves
And the sails have blown away

And I cannot go on in this way
Drowning in dreams, I'm back on the waves
Every night swallowed in a storm
And the sails have blown away

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from Two Thousand Pennies, released October 9, 2012
Words & Music by Matthew Schickele

© 2012 Jaspercat Music, ASCAP

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M Shanghai Brooklyn, New York

Since 2002, this Brooklyn collective's roots-based, original songs and joyous performances have created a fiercely loyal word-of-mouth following. They invite you to celebrate the release of their new album, "Bedlam", and to visit them for their monthly first-Saturday performances at The Jalopy Theater www.jalopy.biz ... more

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