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Continental Drift

from Mourning Dove by Menhirs of Er Grah

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CONTINENTAL DRIFT.

Music and lyrics copyright Tom Carter 2008.

From Dover, straight to Europe now,
The ferry has arrived,
To take us to the port on which,
Your ancestors relied.

In the 1560’s,
When from Catholic France they fled,
Over ‘cross to England,
From where you’re leaving now instead.

Jealousy and honesty,
Cocaine and your pearls,
Body heat and misery,
A passport in your purse.

And then, a different hour,
Flowers in the room;
Tulips for your lover,
And almonds for her too.

Hit the Prism Limit,
The Peak Oil of the sea -
It’s a balance and compression of,
Resources and Need.


Rouen is,
The constant state of drift that we are in.

Berlin is,
The hope that you will meet me here again.


I cross the street, to walk in sun,
You don’t follow me.
It’s a habit that I’ve kept to,
To look like strangers when we meet.

First you were my teacher,
Now you’re my lover,
Now you’ll be,
Both of them in tandem - and in sacrifice to me.

Take all I’ve given you,
As you have given me,
The darkness in the countryside,
The birdsong call of Eve.

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from Mourning Dove, released February 16, 2009

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