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Stranger's Lament

from Spring Tide by The Shipbuilders

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lyrics

If I had a match, this place would burn
a trail of fire would guide my return
back to the land I had to leave
that’s caused my old, poor heart to grieve

So then I turn and face the wall
and try to dream my way from it all
I close my eyes and hope I see
the pretty girls who wait for me

The morning sun scatters light all around
illuminating the dust for miles around
But though it’s bright, I know I cannot see
for today, I know no light shall shine on me..

If I had a match…

I am a stranger, in a foreign land
whose ways and means I know I can’t understand
and if I’ve sinned, oh Father I repent;
all I have left to my name is my lament

If I had a match…

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from Spring Tide, released May 6, 2022

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