The Grey Funnel Line

from The Flowing Bowl by Rakish

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Don't mind the wind or the rolling sea,
The weary nights never troubled me;
But the hardest time in a sailor's day
Is to watch the sun as it sinks away.

Chorus:
Just one more day on the Grey Funnel Line.

The finest ship that sails the sea,
It's still a prison for the likes of me;
But if I had wings like Noah's dove,
I'd fly up harbour to the one I love.

Well there was a time when I was free,
Like a floating spar on the rolling sea;
But now that spar is washed ashore,
It comes to rest at my real love's door.

Each time I gaze behind the screws,
How I long to be in St. Peter's shoes;
Then I'd walk on down that silvery lane,
And I'd take my real love in my arms again.

Oh Lord if dreams were only real,
I'd put my hand on that wooden wheel;
And with all my heart I'd turn around,
And I'd tell the boys we're homeward bound.

So I'll pass the time like some machine,
Until that blue ocean turns to green;
Then I'll dance on down that walk ashore,
And I'll sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.

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from The Flowing Bowl, released July 3, 2020

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Rakish Edinburgh, UK

Rakish is a duo formed in Edinburgh in 2018 and now based in Edinburgh and West Cork, Ireland. It is made up of Gavin McCabe and Kayne Coy.

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