Name: I'm Coming Home
Duration: P00H04M59S
Description: Sailing song. Tried to do something simple with a lot of space.

I'm Coming Home

from Conspiracy Theory by Kevin Blight

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Sailing song. Tried to do something simple with a lot of space.

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Yesterday I wrote a letter to my family
I can't post it 'cos I'm far out at sea
I put it in a bottle and cast it to the waves
In case I end up in a watery grave

This ship has been becalmed on an ocean that is wide
There's no going forward with only current and tide
But when our sails feel the breath of a South wind blow
I tell you, I'm coming home

We're killing time together carving trinkets we can sell
From a piece of driftwood and a Sea-Turtle's shell
The Captain has a squeeze-box and a thousand Sailors songs
To keep our spirits up we all sing along

This ship has been becalmed on an ocean that is wide
There's no going forward with only current and tide
But when our sails feel the breath of a South wind blow
I tell you, I'm coming home
I tell you, I'm coming home, coming home.

I've seen the flying fishes fly
From the ocean to the open sky
Were I they I'd fly away and leave this ship behind.

Occasional breezes rattle rope and flutter flag
Lifting up our hopes and our spirits that sag
We raise a sail and we're under way again
We make a couple of knots toward the Spanish Main

This ship has been becalmed on an ocean that is wide
There's no going forward with only current and tide
But when our sails feel the breath of a South wind blow
I tell you, I'm coming home

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from Conspiracy Theory, released May 1, 2007

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Kevin Blight Stafford, UK

Award winning songwriter Kevin Blight is often compared to Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby & Joe Jackson. Writing in a multitude of styles his roots are firmly in the Folk-Funk-Punk-Blues-Rock genres...primarily a Guitarist, he also plays Bass, Keyboards, Mandolin, Harmonica & any other instrument he can get his hands on...including Pringles Tubes. ... more

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