Track 1 of the album Sunlit Porch · 2014
The Ferry Back to Dunmore
“The first song we ever finished together on the porch. It opens the record because it sounds like leaving somewhere you love.”
folk-pop · sixties folk-pop · nostalgic folk · 3:03
Lyrics
The ferry leaves at half past four With gulls above and grey beneath I've got a bag, a borrowed coat And a name I haven't said in years Take me back to Dunmore, the kettle and the shore The door that never locked and the road I know by heart The water keeps its secrets, the harbour keeps its light And I'm coming home across the grey tonight An old man shares his flask of tea We talk about the weather, nothing more The island rises, small and green Like something I once dreamed about Take me back to Dunmore, the kettle and the shore The door that never locked and the road I know by heart The water keeps its secrets, the harbour keeps its light And I'm coming home across the grey tonight I thought that I had grown too far To fit inside those narrow streets But the bell above the harbour wall Rings like it never counted the years My sister's waving from the pier Her scarf is flying, her arms held wide No questions asked, no speeches made Just the rope thrown over and the engine's sigh Take me back to Dunmore, the kettle and the shore The door that never locked and the road I know by heart The water keeps its secrets, the harbour keeps its light And I'm home across the grey tonight Home across the grey tonight