Track 1 of the album Last Ferry Across · 2024
Last Ferry Across the Dark Water
“The last ferry leaves at a quarter to twelve, and I was on it with nothing but a guitar and a coat. It is the stillest song I know.”
country · ferry ballad · hushed country · 3:14
Lyrics
The last ferry leaves at a quarter to twelve Engine hum under my feet I'm leaning on the rail with a paper cup of tea And the city going small behind me There's a trucker asleep in his cab down below A couple sharing one coat The captain's got a radio turned down low Humming along to nothing Carry me across the dark water Slow and easy, don't you hurry There's a light on the far shore burning Somebody left it on for me Carry me across the dark water Let the wake write out my worry Every crossing ends in morning And a light left on for me The lamps on the pier are a string of gold beads Sliding off the edge of the night I used to think leaving meant losing it all Now it's just a little water between Carry me across the dark water Slow and easy, don't you hurry There's a light on the far shore burning Somebody left it on for me Carry me across the dark water Let the wake write out my worry Every crossing ends in morning And a light left on for me Hush now, hush now, the gulls are asleep The engine's a lullaby Hush now, hush now, the shore's coming near And I'm not afraid of the dark Carry me across the dark water Slow and easy, don't you hurry There's a light on the far shore burning Somebody left it on for me Carry me across the dark water Let the wake write out my worry Every crossing ends in morning And a light left on for me A light left on for me A light left on for me