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Norfolk Island Sound

by Drew Stephenson

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We buried the bibles at sundown Settled some troubled ghosts There's a time and a place for parting And this is better than most When the sun has fled from the white walls And a wave has fallen from view There's a castle, a gate and a high hill You'll find you way through You'll take the path less travelled As the road signs disappear Take a mark from the High Storm Keep You'll find a better way from here In time I went out of the valley In further time it was gone The sign you left on the storm keep Kept us safe from harm You'll take the path less travelled As the road signs disappear Take a mark from the High Storm Keep You'll find a better way from here In the flicker of years you'll remember Your shoreline will surely come There' a time and a place for parting And a time for coming home You'll take the path less travelled As the road signs disappear Take a mark from the High Storm Keep You'll find a better way from here Take a mark from the High Storm Keep You'll find a better way from here
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Ash and Rain 04:27
You will find Fire and Ice Wind and flame Ash and rain You will find There is no respite In a tropical storm For a wounded plane. Your needle is wandering off course You've lost the reassuring voice Your altitude is falling like a floating stone You are searching for any route home You will find Fire and Ice Wind and flame Ash and rain You will find There is no respite For a broken masted Catamaran. You will batten down the hatches You will reef up the sails You will turn head to wind You will lash up the wheel You will cut it free You will ride it out You will cut it free You are running out You will call up the canvas You will fill out the sail And you are rolling down the wave front You are running with the gale You will turn with the wind You are free You will turn with the wind You are free Running free Running free You will find Fire and Ice Wind and flame Ash and rain You will find There is no respite in a tropical storm for a lost captain You will find Fire and Ice Wind and flame Ash and rain You will find Fire and Ice Wind and flame Ash and rain You will find Ash and rain You will find Ash and rain
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Catching old tales, before the light goes dim. I saved a life today, with all the things I did Watching old wars play out on the screens, sink at least a couple of beers before the good guys win. I know that old tune, but I couldn't tell you what, what I know is a shorter list than what I forgot. See the spray paint signs behind the parking lot, there stands a man I could have been but I am not. Winter is coming in And I see your shirt is wearing thin These old songs, they don't sound like they did. And there's a message there that was never clearer hid. We are northshoremen This is our brotherhood We are northshoremen The sea is in our blood We are northshoremen And we are not yet done. We're tired of holding on For a best that's yet to come Winter is coming in, And I see your shirt is wearing thin. Catching old tales, before the light goes dim. I saved a life today, with all the things I did We are northshoremen This is our brotherhood We are northshoremen The sea is in our blood We are northshoremen And we are not yet done. We're tired of holding on For a best that's yet to come We are northshoremen, this is our brotherhood. We are northshoremen, the sea is in our blood.

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Recorded at home, this is my first set of proper recordings since A Driven Man.

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released June 11, 2017

Mark J Bennett provides the lead vocal on The Parting Glass.

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Drew Stephenson York, UK

Drew Stephenson is a singer-songwriter based in York, UK, writing conventional songs about unconventional subjects.
Death, monkeys and space hardware may all feature.
He is also part of The Southern Wild.

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