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Half A World Away

from The River and the Burial Ground by Jon McDevitt

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I wish it would rain, just to wash away the stench of the market place
and the smile on every grasping face
for a moment that would feel like home...

But it’s useless to complain, as the sun melts the ice in another drink
I guess it’s not the best time to take time to think
Where the water hits the sand,
we don’t need to understand
that everything we might have planned
is slipping like water through our hands...

See our skin is so fair, and the wind that blows through our hair
is so pleasant.
And there’s surely no need to reconcile the past
with the present?
It’s not like we can live for ever anyway
I don’t care what they think I should be
this is half a world away from you and me

Another day, another train, and all of the hope that will break your heart
I wish I had been born brutal from the start,
then I wouldn’t have to hide my eyes

But I must not complain - it’s silly to be sad, because it’s not us
creating all the noise and the fuss
Where the end will surely come,
just as people come undone,
when there’s nowhere left to run,
just turn into the sun and revise your plans.

See our skin is so fair, and the wind that blows through our hair
is so pleasant
And there’s surely no need to reconcile the past
with the present?
I never could fit right, I couldn't think straight
and now it seems I never will.
I’m just half a world away with time to kill
Just half a world away with time to kill

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from The River and the Burial Ground, released December 3, 2019
(McDevitt)

Vocal, guitar, harmonica – Jon McDevitt

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