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The Boatman

from Only Ghosts by Only Ghosts

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Verse 1

mist rolls across the lake in the early morning
like a mortal hymn sung by a midnight choir
hangin low underneath the weeping wilows branch
through the leaves there floats a lonely sirens song

Chorus 1

Binding up the willow, ripples in the shallows
ravens flap and fly
that's when the boatman is nigh

verse 2

hanging small in a blood red sky the pale moon looks on
black as water deepens wide calling out his song
sweepin through the pastures wide the bracken thins and hides
ghosts of yesteryear are silohette against the sky

chorus 2

binding up the willow the fields are lying fallow
and i wait as time goes by
that's when the boatman is nigh

chorus 3

two silver coins for passage the fields are lying fallow
and i wait as time goes by
thats when the boatman is nigh
thats when the boatman is nigh
thats when the boatman is nigh

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from Only Ghosts, released July 15, 2015
Written by Kieran Jones

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True stories or fable? In the now or merely written on the wind? Who knows, after all we are all only ghosts.

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