The Island

from April, Texas by Wartime Blues

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Intro

Verse 1
The Island lay before us
on a calm and sulfurous sea
mineral white and cobalt blue
its salt sunburned my skin

Verse 2
The strength I could muster to hold your hand
as the gulf stream pulled us in
to the mackerel fish and the oil rig lights
that called the gulf their home

Chorus A
An ode to ignoring my plans
Francis dying in the heat
North Padre girls on the beach

Instrumental (same as Intro)

Verse 3
The rain it came in whispers
then shouts across the beach
then mumbled in the wind and ended in the light

Bridge A
Of a faint and a poem and a red, bloodied sun

Chorus A

Instrumental (same as verse)

Bridge B

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from April, Texas, released June 2, 2015

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Wartime Blues Missoula, montana

An orchestral folk outfit based in the mountains of Montana.

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