Here are two more songs from January’s Hungry Ghosts gig.
Too Many Nights From The Sea
Too Many Nights From The Sea is a song from my next album, untitled as yet. It takes the form of a dialogue between two lovers, one restless, the other favouring settling down. Tricia sings it with me on the album version too.
A:
The moon hangs outside the open window
And the still summer heat lies heavy on me
But I’m cold with a fear
That I don’t belong here
I’m just too many nights from the sea
B:
Well do you forget how you suffered
In those sad aimless days when you thought you were free?
Now your wings aren’t so strong
They’ve been folded so long
And you’re too many nights from the sea.
A:
Yes, it’s true I’ve found joy and I’ve found comfort
In the shelter you’ve built around me
But my heart is a bird
And it knows what it heard
I’m just too many nights from the sea
B:
Well you can celebrate in all the old places
But you won’t find the way it used to be
Every soul needs some rest
All the broken and the blest
When they’re too many nights from the sea.
Henry Lee
Henry Lee is a cover of a song already covered by Nick Cave and PJ Harvey.