The Captain Surely Drowns

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The Captain Surely Drowns

I am not your mystery, I am but your history
And I believe in living deep below my underground
I will not desensitize, I will make you realize
All the things worth losing are the things that wont be found

Hey there boy did you really want someone to drag you down
Because I will drag you down
Hey there girl did you really want someone to pick you up
Because I wont be around

Go now love, remember me
Because I will not make history
But my bones will tell stories for all time

Oh my darling Clementine you don’t need this love of mine
You wont be lost forever deep below my underground
Because I will sail this merchant ship and run aground in spite of it
And I’ll be lost forever when the captain surely drowns

Hey there boy did you really want someone to drag you down
Because I will drag you down
Hey there girl did you really want someone to pick you up
Because I wont be around

Go now love, remember me
Because I will not make history
But my bones will tell stories for all time (2x)

So go on and row your boat, but may you never find the shore
That my dead eyes may gaze on your boats body and broken oars
Your silhouette in stars and a song of Irish lore
With water in my lungs and my knees on the ocean floor

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from The Captain Surely Drowns, released August 12, 2013

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