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Maritime Song

from Late for the Show by Soft Jolts

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lyrics

a soft young man wants to be a sailor
he doesn't want life to be a failure
drunk on the Pacific in the morning
a storm comes crashing in without warning
and a wave takes him off to the island of Illinois
the country he left to chase ghosts back when he was a boy

he wakes up in a dead dream every morning
takes a train into the town
buys a cup of coffee on a whole 'nother level
then sets out to have a look around

there's a silent war on the streets, man, the blood is on his hands
there's a raging loud war in his mind that he can't understand
but he's in it with others: anxious drunkards and a maritime band
that plays in his head as a cook drops some eggs in a pan

this Great Lake leads out to an ocean
the ocean seeps back into the ground
and no more words are spoken by the sailor
as he listens for that sweet salty sound

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from Late for the Show, released April 21, 2008

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