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Riders of the Tide

from Riders of the Tide by Derek Nelson

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There's a bed with lilac roses
and some woods that could hold us and our dogs.
There are fathers in the skies
and a lonesome sailor's cries in the dark.

There's an unworn ring beside us
and a fire that describes why it's there
and with distance it will burn
but it could fall apart in turn, but would we care?
Would we care?

After days
Afternoon
I'll be there someday soon.
Someday soon.

There's a crowd with sooted faces
and a window that displays
the market square
and if i can't divide my soul
into little specks of gold
would you care?

there's my father driving on to
the woods where he belongs to
in the north
there are clouds that open wide
to a city kept inside
of its doors

and if it's hopefulness he finds
in the tumbling waves of time
where he lays
as the smokerings travel on
well, i hope he hears this song
to break the day
break the day.

And as we are kept inside
all those riders of the tide
will make it home.
Make it home.

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from Riders of the Tide, released November 11, 2010

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“Derek Nelson has been one of Chicago’s finest songwriters for about a decade now … [He] delivers a few lines of shocking honesty and vulnerability and continues to roll on so easily you have to go back and listen again to make sure you heard it right.” - Music Defined ... more

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