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Sirensong

by Colin Cooper

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This is the first track from the upcoming EP "Old Salt" It is free for download here or at Soundcloud (there are only 200 free downloads allowed on Bandcamp.) Hope you enjoy it.

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‘Twas a stormy night
Off the Eastern Coast
Uneasily did I lie
‘Til the captain yelled
“We’re bound for hell!”
And to make with our last goodbyes

I gave my love
To the Father above
For a favor He still owed me
And we held her fast
But she would not last
As the gales they were a’blowing

I went overboard
Twenty miles from the shore
Darkness fell around me
When her hand took mine
She said, “You’ll be fine.
Call me Miss Anna Marie.”

I’ve spun a while around here
On this old ball of dirt
And I’m like to stick around
A few turns more
But boys when I go down for good
Don’t you lay me in the earth
Bring me with the whiskey
To the shore
Let me go
Set me free
To the song of my siren
My Anna Marie

When I came to
There were eyes a’blue
Staring into mine
With hair as red as this
Old world’s end
She floated amidst the brine

I cried, ‘My dear,
How’d you find me here?
I swear I’d seen the light.’
She just shook her head,
She smiled and said,
‘Well boyo, guess it wasn’t your time.’

I’ve spun a while around here
On this old ball of dirt
And I’m like to stick around
A few turns more
But boys when I go down for good
Don’t you lay me in the earth
Bring me with the whiskey
To the shore
Let me go
Set me free
To the song of my siren
My Anna Marie

She laid me ashore
In the warmth of the morn,
Rested her brow upon me
With a wicked grin, she said,
‘See you again.’
And vanished back into the sea

I’ve spun a while around here
On this old ball of dirt
And I’m like to stick around
A few turns more
But boys when I go down for good
Don’t you lay me in the earth
Bring me with the whiskey
To the shore
Let me go
Set me free
To the song of my siren
My Anna Marie


©Colin Cooper 2011

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released January 22, 2012
written, recorded, mastered, produced by colin cooper 2012.
backing vocals by kaitlyn jansma 2012.

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