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Boatman

from If We Turn Away by Suthering

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lyrics

Boatman- Julu Irvine

Hey Mr boatman, won’t you listen for a while?
Well my eyes can’t see for crying, is your heart to numb to care?
I’m so frightened of the ferryman, I’m too scared to go alone
Won’t you sit here for a while, with me?

The Boatman settled down upon the dusty shore.
He said “girl, you cannot take my boat, you do not have the cause.
Well my world ain’t for the living, so while there’s breath still in ya bones,
Take these words and journey on, from me.”

Chorus:
And step lightly my friend, may your words leave no trace,
May your footsteps leave no unrest, upon these soils.
May your hands always toil, in answer to the call
May your heart always carry, you home

The girl tarried and the boatman cried.
“there’s too many severed souls, looking for a way to the other side and I’m
So tired, I can’t describe.
Won’t you sit here for a while and talk to me?
Can we rest here for a while?” the boatman cried.

And oh cried the young girl, “I’ve never felt so alone,
But I’m not ready for the reaping, feels like my soul, has been asleep for so long now.”
And oh cried the boatman “where did we, go so wrong?
Let’s sit here for a while, feels like my soul has been asleep for so long now”
“Shall we rest here for a while?” the young girl sighed

Chorus

The young girl sat down and took his pale hands in her own
She said “my dear, worthy boatman, I’m so sad to see you so.
When you’ve one foot in the shadows, keep the other on solid ground.
And should you fall and lose your way, I’ll carry you.
Should you fall and lose your way, I’ll carry you”

Chorus

credits

from If We Turn Away, released February 25, 2022
Written by Julu Irvine. Performed and arranged by Julu Irvine and Heg Brignall. Recorded by Lukas Drinkwater at Polyphonic Recording. Violin by Aaron Catlow. Double bass by Lukas Drinkwater. Mastered by Ian Stephenson. Artwork by Chloe Birnie.

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