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The Lone Sailor Ponders His Fate

from Curtains by Paris Street

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Inspired by a trip to Burlington, Vermont in May of 2011, during which heavy, persistent rain caused Lake Champlain to spill out towards the city.

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looking out on lake champlain
on a windy springtime day
with occasional reminders of the winter’s remains

the waters rise and rise
the flooding won’t subside
over the rocks, towards parking lots, to the streets and homes nearby

and the clear blue sky above
belies the tension down below
that builds concurrent of
the way the water goes

if the lake keeps creeping up
and the current’s strong enough
it could set me free from where i’ve been standing for too long

and if the wind obeys
then i could float away
far from the shore and out towards the place where i belong

drifting aimlessly
towards islands in the north
past bridges and ferries
or westward to new york

it’s where i’m meant to be
where i’m supposed to go
with new stars above me
free but still alone

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from Curtains, released March 5, 2013
Written by Carl Polgar.
Performed by Carl Polgar with an acoustic electric guitar and a MIDI keyboard.
Recorded in May of 2011 in Room 320 of a Motel 6 in Colchester, Vermont and also in Room 320 (again) of a Red Roof Inn in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The picture that accompanies this track is of the Lone Sailor statue in Burlington. It is usually not surrounded by water.

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