Sweet Colleens - Fish Out of Water

Текст с Bandcamp’а: “Based on a true story from Georgian Bay near Tobermory Ontario. Of the many shipwrecks scuba divers flock to each summer in this part of the bay, “Arabia” is the most famous—and the most dangerous. The fiddle break in this tune is the old Cajun Mardi Gras song, La Danse de Mardi Gras. I slip my way beneath the glass The coast guard waits, the hours pass above Arabia A tourist town, blue lake, blue sky Oblivious to the thermocline as I descend into the darkness Hand by hand, down the line On VHF the rumors fly: He shouldn’t have been down there in the first place My searchlight sweeps the sandstone floor The . wait at her door: There’s been an accident CHORUS Fish out of water, it’s lonely at the bottom Fish out of water, it’s lonely, lonely, lonely at the bottom FIDDLE TUNE [“CHANSON DE MARDI GRAS”] 2. The current here flows from the west It might have pulled him from the wreck so I work my way downstream The final moments, panic rises The air is gone, he realizes he’s not goin’ back up again alive Does life pass before your eyes? I heard he had a wife and child, should be getting’ into town tonight The cops will write a press release It might just make the CBC, and in the distance, in the distance… FIDDLE TUNE CHORUS I slip my way beneath the glass The coast guard waits, the hours pass above Arabia. from Closer to the Sky, released January 1, 2013 Words & music © 2011 Jeremy Greenhouse“