Track 3 of the album Halfway Home · 2019
Hand on the Rail
by Zuri Bell
“I wrote this standing at a harbour wall, watching the boats. The hope in it is quiet but real.”
pop · harbour pop · hopeful pop · 2:43
Lyrics
Gulls are circling over the harbour wall Engine hum and the morning bell Coffee in a paper cup, steam in the air Hand on the rail, I'm halfway there Water's wide and the shore slips by Everything I know waves goodbye Hand on the rail, hand on the rail Sunlight sparkling on the ferry trail Leaving something, finding something new Hand on the rail, the sea knows too Oh-oh, cross with me Oh-oh, cross with me Kids are counting every little boat A man in a cap sings low and slow The island's a smudge of green and gold I'm carrying all that I can hold Water's wide and the shore slips by Everything I know waves goodbye Hand on the rail, hand on the rail Sunlight sparkling on the ferry trail Leaving something, finding something new Hand on the rail, the sea knows too Oh-oh, cross with me Oh-oh, cross with me Slow down, slow down, let the water talk Small waves clapping as we rock I miss the dock but I love the view Both can be true, both can be true Hand on the rail, hand on the rail Sunlight sparkling on the ferry trail Leaving something, finding something new Hand on the rail, the sea knows too Oh-oh, cross with me Oh-oh, cross with me Horn is calling, the harbour's near Hand on the rail, I'm happy here