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East Coast (If I pass away from you)

from Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers by ballboy

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A straight white line through the east-coast night
And a voice on the telephone
An old man passes from us
Let’s (just) get these bodies home

And the coastal road cuts the morning air
Takes the salt out of the waves
(So) Hold my had and kiss me
Before we run out of days

And if I pass away from you
Just throw me to the sea
Don’t look back at the rising waves
That take me underneath

An old man at the end of all the things he’s done and seen
The old man at the edge of the sea.

Half the world is on its knees and waiting for the light
The other half is tooled up
And spoiling for a fight

And the East Coast night and the summer haze
Is all you’ll ever need
And young men rise and old men fall
But never really leave

And if I pass away from you
Just throw me to the sea
Don’t look back at the darkened waves
That rise up to claim me

And a straight white line through the East Coast night
In the early summer haze
And an old man and his grandson
Have a parting of the ways

And if I pass away from you
Just throw me to the sea
Don’t look back at the rising waves
That take me underneath

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from Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers, released December 6, 2013
Vocals: Gordon McIntyre and Lucy Pringle

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