We Follow The Old Ways
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Liner Notes:
This is another lyric that I wrote some time ago, that I've returned to this month and tweaked a bit.
It's written as a male/female duet, and I think it could be done as a ballad, maybe with some strings included?
I've had a couple of tries previously to get this turned into a song but it's not quite happened. Hoping third time lucky maybe ...
Lyrics:
We follow the old ways
(Verse 1 - male)
We set sail from a little village pier
Heading to the great big sea,
Going with the flow
We follow the old ways.
(Verse 1 - female)
I said goodbye without a tear
Laughing, you just waved at me,
Going with the flow
We follow the old ways.
(Chorus)
Bring the nets in
Set sail for a safe port
Ride the waves home.
Loved ones
Wait for us there, we know.
(Verse 2 - male)
Days at sea to catch our haul
Dredging luckies from the deep,
Lighthouse flicker glow
We follow the old ways.
(Verse 2 - female)
Days away from your side
Feel like years to me,
Lighthouse flicker glow
We follow the old ways.
(Verse 3 - male)
Holding course against the storm
Batten everything down,
Seconds seem so slow
But we follow the old ways.
(Verse 3 - female)
Holding hands upon the sand
Heartbeats the only sound,
Seconds seem so slow
We follow the old ways.
(Chorus)
Bring the nets in
Set sail for a safe port
Ride the waves home.
Loved ones
Wait for us there, we know.
(Bridge - male)
The storm called to take our lives
Breaking bones on the rocks,
I tasted its bitterness
But clung to the sweetness of us
(Verse 4 - male)
All hands lost apart from me
I swam to the shore,
Wild did the wind blow
But we follow the old ways.
(Verse 4 - female)
My scan pinned close to my heart
Our baby on the way,
Wild did the wind blow
We follow the old ways.
(Verse 5 - male)
All hands lost apart from me
They sank under the waves,
Wild did the wind blow
But we follow the old ways.
(Verse 5 - female)
My scan pinned close to my heart
No words can truly say,
Wild did the wind blow
We follow the old ways.
(Chorus)
Bring the nets in
Set sail for a safe port
Ride the waves home.
Loved ones
Wait for us there, we know.
(Chorus)
Bring the nets in
Set sail for a safe port
Ride the waves home.
Loved ones
Wait for us there, we know.
Written by Simon Wright
(July 2021)
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Comments
Great duet! Great lines and I hope to hear it soon!
This is really well crafted would go well to Irish kind of sound celtic - Old fashioned to suit the old ways
Okay….I think that Georgie Cooper (@jibbidy) and Gwyn Jones are the obvious pairing for this duet and if you get them to take it on, I expect I will listen to it over and over. The story is compelling and gripping. Beautiful work. I love how the voices separate and then meld together on those verses.