Gordon Duthie - Sitting by the Shore

Текст с Bandcamp’а: “Produced by Gordon Duthie Lyrics written by Gordon Duthie Instrumentals arranged or composed and performed or programmed by Gordon Duthie Vocals performed by Gordon Duthie Recorded during 2016 / 2017 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland Mixed and mastered by Kevin McNoldy Art direction and design by Gordon Duthie “Gordon Duthie - The Biggest Village (Cover Art).jpg” (:Gordon_Duthie_-_The_Biggest_Village_(Cover_Art).jpg) is derived and transformed from “Footdee” () by Stephen Branley and is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 () and “Gordon Duthie - The Biggest Village (Cover Art).jpg” (:Gordon_Duthie_-_The_Biggest_Village_(Cover_Art).jpg) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 () by Gordon Duthie © Gordon Duthie 2017 lyrics Sitting on the Broad Hill Horizon stands still Nobody far, nobody near Rotten wood and sandy shoes The monthly cheque Ties me to this bench In the place With traffic bottlenecks I never saw another land Short sighted and stubborn The glint of the station Did enough to catch my eye No fishing boats in the harbour Their cargo isn’t required Our city doesn’t need them Just the towns with nothing tonight Checklists and books That are not academic Their white-collar son Another generic Checklists and books That are not academic Their white-collar son Another generic I’ve been doing this for years Looking for answers The long blue reflection Has always been there Is the twitch from the cold Or the mental stranglehold I can see the masts Through the ghost ship hold Obsessed about vessels Compulsive desire to look A disorder of a hobby Not in any schoolbook An official diagnosis Will only hurt the ego Inner acceptance is fine For now, anyway Checklists and books That are not academic Their white-collar son Another generic Checklists and books That are not academic Their white-collar son Another generic Tall tales go up this coastline Everything is always fine Made for life Without doing time Running down the boulevard Kills two birds with one stone I look healthy and active My mind drifts to the shore Looking back makes me nervous My spirit went to waste I’m on an upward curve now Although that maybe misplaced Confident and carefree Away from that bench I look up there now And can never forget Checklists and books That are not academic Their white-collar son Another generic Checklists and books That are not academic Their white-collar son Another generic from The Biggest Village, released October 10, 2017“