Josh Ritter - Strong Swimmer (Official Audio)
Official audio for Josh Ritter’s new song "Strong Swimmer" from the new album ‘Spectral Lines’ out now. Order the record now: https://orcd.co/spectrallines
Credits:
Animated by Rollinos
Produced and recorded by Sam Kassirer at the Great North Sound Society, Parsonsfield, ME
Additional recording by Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studios; Shane Leonard at the Bungaleau; Oscar Albis Rodriguez at Studio G; and Kevin O’Connell at the Great North Sound Society
Mixed and mastered by D. James Goodwin at the Isokon
Songs written by Josh Ritter © ℗ Rural Songs (ASCAP)
Josh Ritter - voice, acoustic guitar
Sam Kassirer - piano, farfisa organ, synthesizer, mellotron
Kevin O’Connell - drums, percussion, electric bass
Jocie Adams - voice
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Lyrics
On the night that you were born
Your mama who had many friends
Took you down across the reach
To meet the tide come in
There were no lilies from my footsteps
There were no temple curtains torn
Still I felt you move inside me
A strong swimmer to be born
The wind was in your hair
And your lips were flecked with salt
Your eyes were two boats for the moon
I said, a strong swimmer you’ll be called
Now I cannot believe to see
The leagues that you have swum
Cannot believe you once were me
That you and I were one
Time only travels one way
Im afraid still I’m a fool
‘Cause in my mind I try to wind
The twine back on the spool
Now I’m standing on the cliffs
Cold sea is far below
The birds that float the midway air
Like driven flakes of snow
I cannot go where you are going
I can no longer fight those waves
Still I’ll watch you til you’re out of sight
A strong swimmer all the way
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