Tides of change, blow in with the rain but
We can’t see them cause we’re swept under the waves
Beached on shore like drunken whales, whet our blubber and we sail
On through life like nothing is wrong, then we put it in a song
When nobody asks us why.
Because life seems so much colder in the middle of a storm
Like some wounded outcast simply dying to be warm
Its like there’s no use trying, your mouth’s open in the rain
Mistakes of the past keep on beating on your brain.
And you can’t stop thinking about the simple life on shore,
Nobody to torture and everybody’s bored
But now you’re down, kicked around, washed up by the waves
And you can’t go back because you know what they say
It’s happened once again, I’m stuck in the middle
I’m headed towards the bottom but I’m looking towards the top
Cause the light there is shining but the dark is so inviting
I’m stuck in the middle… I’m drowning.
Tides of change, blow in with the rain but
We can’t see them cause we’re swept under the waves
Beached on shore like drunken whales, whet our blubber and we sail
On through life like nothing is wrong, then we put it in a song
With these letters home, where nothing is known, now its coming back for you.
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
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