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Horses of the Sea

from Better Devil by Austin MacRae

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Horses of the Sea

I’m poor ol’ Jimmy Lyons
I was the captain of the freighter Liberty
I used to be the man that folks would go to
To get their horses cross the sea

I sailed from Maine to England
And back-and-forth for nearly thirty years
Now I’m standing on the blade between this world and next
I’m standing in the shadow of my fears

Now I don’t know who I’m supposed to be
And I’ve lost my hold on the horses of the sea
My nightmares run from here to Fiddler’s Green
And I feel the whole world rollin’ over me
Yeah I feel the whole world rollin’ over me

That night it was a long one
We were just pawns upon the ocean’s pitch and swell
The horses beat their hooves against the stanchion walls
They knew it wasn’t gonna end so well

And I tried to keep them gentle
While the crew they stripped the skin right off their palms
But the storm it would not let us go
And I heard my ship go splintering at the hull

Now I don’t know…
My nightmares run from here to eternity
I feel the whole world closin’ over me

Morning...
Morning found us clinging to a lifeboat
With not a single horse around us to be seen
But far on the horizon
I felt those horses lookin’ back at me

I’m poor ol’ Jimmy Lyons
I was the captain of the freighter Liberty
Now I’m standing on the blade between this world and next
I’m standing where the shoreline meets the sea

Now I don't know who I'm supposed to be
Cause I've lost my hold on the horses of the sea
My nightmares run from here to eternity
And I feel those horses lookin’ back at me
And I feel those horses lookin’ back at me
And I feel those horses lookin' back at me

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from Better Devil, track released July 1, 2019
Written by Austin MacRae
Recorded live at Electric Wilburland Studio, Newfield, NY
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Cass Medcalf

Austin MacRae: vocals, tenor guitar
Devon MacRae: harmony vocals, tin whistle, twelve-string guitar
Jen Cork: harmony vocals
Sophie MacRae: fiddle
Casey Widger: upright bass

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Austin MacRae Ithaca, New York

Austin MacRae is an Ithaca-based contemporary folk singer/songwriter.

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