Song Description
Type: Song
Subject: Warnings and advice for a young musician touring his own music for the first time. Dont comprimise and be smart when getting involved with the touring lifestyle.
Genres: Acoustic , Alternative Country , Americana , Ballad , Country
| Song Length |
7:03 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Very Slow (Under 70) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tranquil, Troubled |
Subject |
Musician, Boats |
| Similar Artists |
The Band, Norah Jones |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
If you sail the Caledonian Ocean
You may get caught in the wind and rain
But with a little time and devotion
You'll find your way back home again
Feel like the walls are closing in
Feel like the belly of the beast
Still on the corner with the nowhere men
Chasing the rising tide
Cant you see the window for your words
Cant you hear the call within the call
Just grab your suitcase and your Hummingbird
Take the slow boat to Carolina
Tell it as the crow flies young balladeer
Spit out the dust with the diesel
Shot like an arrow through the atmosphere
All the way from Belfast to Boston
Take the time to question and to understand
Just where you're gonna be tomorrow
And don't stray too far from the motherland
You'll wanna be there when she calls you
So pay the snake to fork your tongue
Take his smoke into your lung
You know these things don't come easy
But when they come to classify you
Cut him loose and pacify
Leave the devil for the deep blue sea
© 2008 Richard Murray