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Ships Don't Sail

from Campanas by John Isaac Watters

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    Image on front is the text "Campanas" written by hanging small bells from a chain-link fence along Ballona creek in Los Angeles.

    Image on the back is a detail shot of a wall from the Tlálpan Convent by Luis Barragán

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lyrics

you play piano like a manatee
youre voice my love is a dead man’s breeze
through the loneliest cold hard dead pine tree
you’re fingers they scrape across the keys
and your laughing call brings me to my knees
your laughing call brings me to my knees
well the ships don’t sail in them kinda winds
ya better come home
ya better come in
you’ll be lost forever just wanderin
well ships don’t sail in them kinda winds
well hey hey! ey! ey!
lets leave the pale blue glow of the hotel television
and park your station wagon down in those gravel ditches
yes i shot that man in his brand new bridges
i shot that man, i wanted his riches
well you’ve got such a straw heart and a blunt edged mind
to wake me up in the night and tell me lies
why don’t you take a walk to the river in the pale moonlight
tie a stone to your ankle, and let yourself die
die die die! ai! ai! ai! ai!well we could be train robbers and live our lives in sunsets
keep your rocket launchers trained on their private jets
and we’ll bring em down like a band of pirates
turn the world around, we’re all communist
well i just saw a wanted sign
they're trying to paint your picture in black and white stripes
tryin to make you a lesson for the little guy
youll end up in prison if you live a wild life
ships dont sail in them kinda winds
you better come home
you better come in
youll be lost forever just wanderin
well ships dont sail in them kinda winds
well hey hey! ey! ey!

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from Campanas, released November 16, 2013

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