For all my years I’ve sailed the seas,
In the hope you might come after me,
But hopes are hopes, and never true,
So I jumped the boat and swam to you.
I swam to you.
I met you at the theatre,
Caught smoking by the backstage door.
Your face half-lit in candlelight,
But I walked without you through the night.
The lonely night.
And perhaps, when I’m out dancing
You’ll look at me and smile,
With your eyes just like the lighthouse
Which burns beyond a mile.
My days of endless swimming
Come calmly to an end,
But these dreams are little fictions
And I’ll sail the seas
Once again.
For all my life I’ve watched the shore,
Never knowing what I’m looking for.
The quiet tide brings broken things,
Long since vanished hearts and tarnished rings.
Old rusted rings.
And perhaps, when I’m out dancing I
I’ll find you dancing too,
And we’ll dance between the headlights,
Singing songs we never knew.
My days of endless swimming
Come calmly to an end,
But these dreams are little fictions
And I’ll sail the seas,
Oh, I’ll sail to sea
Once again.
credits
from Orlando,
released November 27, 2020
Matthew Herd - soprano saxophone
Lauren Kinsella - voice
Tom Taylor - piano and Hammond organ
Tom McCredie - bass and electric guitar
Dave Hamblett - drums
Innes White - acoustic guitar
Phillip Cardwell - trumpet
Ani DiFranco acoustically revisits classics from across her career, with assists from Amy Ray, Billy Bragg, and Maceo Parker. Bandcamp New & Notable May 18, 2019