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Fourth in our series of Covid-19-era songs, home recorded between Scotland & Austria and with all proceeds going to help out the needy here in the East Neuk of Fife. This song's for one of our heroes, Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip, who passed away in 2016.
lyrics
the very great lakes were out that night
so close i could hear the secrets they were keeping
they said, 'our boy, he's got a lot of fight,
yeah he's down, but he could always take a beating ...'
they said, 'a race of giants lived here once
we're out tonight to see the last of them still breathing
he's a dark horse season but i swear to god
he's mountains tall from all the pines and diesel ...'
'hey, this thing is going to break our hearts,' they said
'that's just how some octobers are,' you said
hey, hold your lighthouses high, boys
clap your cold fronts in the sky, boys
come on let's hear some thunder
hey, render up your drowned
they're going to want to see this
let's show 'em what we're made of
let's leave it on the water tonight
the very great lakes were out that night
in the cold they wrapped their beaches round their shoulders
oh how they galed and how they squalled
they held their lighthouses up in the air like lanterns
'this thing is going to break our hearts,' we said
'that's just how indian summers are,' you said
hey, hold your lighthouses high, boys
clap your cold fronts in the sky, boys
come on let's hear some thunder
hey, render up your drowned
they're going to want to see this
let's show 'em what we're made of
let's leave it on the water
let's leave it on the water tonight
credits
released May 2, 2020
words/music: reichenbach falls
abe davies: vocals, acoustic guitar
simon lee: bass, electric guitars
miles eno: ambient sounds
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