Track 3 of the EP Friday Night at the Corner Counter · 2019

The Deckhand Knows Every Wave by Name

“Thirty years of ropes and rust, and a man who knows the sea by first name. I gave him a gentle roll in the rhythm.”

cinematic pop · orchestral pop · sea shanty · 3:44

Lyrics

Thirty years of ropes and rust
Thirty years of morning mist
He coils the line and checks the chain
And tips his cap to the same grey rain

Ask him what the sea will do
He just smiles, he always knew

The deckhand knows every wave by name
This one's lazy, that one's tame
That one's a rascal, that one's shy
He waves to each as they roll on by
Steady hands and a steady heart
He knows the crossing, every part
The deckhand knows every wave by name
And not one is the same

He's carried brides and carried freight
He's held the door for the very late
He knows the ones who cross to mourn
And the ones who cross to start reborn

Ask him what the sea will do
He just smiles, he always knew

The deckhand knows every wave by name
This one's lazy, that one's tame
That one's a rascal, that one's shy
He waves to each as they roll on by
Steady hands and a steady heart
He knows the crossing, every part
The deckhand knows every wave by name
And not one is the same

One day the ferry will sail without him
But the water will still sing
Every ripple from the harbour wall
Will remember how he'd swing the line

The deckhand knows every wave by name
This one's lazy, that one's tame
That one's a rascal, that one's shy
He waves to each as they roll on by
Steady hands and a steady heart
He knows the crossing, every part
The deckhand knows every wave by name
And the waves know him the same

The waves know him the same