Lauren Oxford - Siren (Joan Shelley cover) - Live at GAFilk 2023

Siren, written by Joan Shelley, performed Saturday, January 7, 2023 at GAFilk Lauren Oxford: banjo, vocals Jen Midkiff: lever harp, harmony vocals Sunnie Larsen: violin Brenda Sutton: bodhrán Cathy McManamon: recorder you’re lost on a sea that you sailed on now it’s cold and rough where you are it’s a harsh wind blowing but i did not cause this storm you see i’ve just been here, open-armed invitingly i’ve been alone on this sea for so long i wanted to touch, i had to feel love before these waves took me under but [ava] you came to me in the dark, in the dark and as gentle as a siren can be i caught you and i held you down oh if the pink light of morning would wash all the demons out of here i could lie down on your ground and pull my body near but the knots in my stomach are telling, there’s nowhere to rest, there’s no place to go, and the shadows, they keep on with their shanty song it’s the dark