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Slow Boat

from Passage by OurTown

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Slow Boat (Elizabeth Levett-Fortier, William E Gibson)

We stepped off the gangway just before three
Weighed anchor, but what time? Stopped
Speechless and rhymes, how did we get on this vessel?

Warm clouds, still water,
Grey stillness, alone in the fog.
Up late watching the rain come
Can't say when I'll be home again.
Standing here, so close to the side,
imagine how easily I could glide.
Each of us, slow in our progress,
Sails ragged in early darkness.
Probably time to lay myself down,
sweet dream of putting my feet on the ground.
I could almost howl into the wind.
Foghorns rattle my bones once again.
It's the way that they talk here, the things that they say,
I'm losing my balance and slipping away.
Can the water carry my voice on to you,
Till morning comes on, the only thing true?
The day will wake and shake its head
I can remember the things that you said.
Dreams merge,
I wait for the dawn.
Not going under, just moving along.

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from Passage, released August 28, 2021

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OurTown San Francisco, California

Music floats freely, across time and borders.
We haven’t been in the same room for many years, but made this music together.
The three of us, living in Yokohama, San Francisco, Toulouse.
Elizabeth Levett Fortier is in Dreamchair Music
Marcos Fernandes is a musician and soundartist
William Gibson plays guitar
Our Town is your town, enjoy, friendships are for life. ... more

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