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The Shore

from Up For Air by John Egenes

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when they were young I could share
the endless laughing days ahead
with love in such abundance there
like sand upon the shore

in vain to find what once was lost
I watch the setting of the sun
into the sea where love was tossed
and waits beyond the shore

Days of sunshine, stolen then
nowhere left to stand
love and memories slowly washed away
like footprints in the sand

the years have left me lost at sea
I steer a course, in hopes to find
on sailing ships that pass by me
a message from the shore

in silent dreams the memories stay
in picture frames on dusty walls
with golden wishes locked away
in shells beneath the shore

(The morning sun on sandy hills
sets the patterns of the day
in shifting tides where driftwood spills
left upon the shore)

Days of sunshine, stolen then
nowhere left to stand
love and memories slowly washed away
like footprints in the sand

a father’s love no longer there
a child’s empty hand to hold
and broken dreams beyond repair
like waves upon the shore

credits

from Up For Air, released February 1, 2009
Marcel Rodeka: drums
John Dodd: bass
Greg Waite: Irish pipes
Jane Clark: fiddle
John Egenes: guitar, mandolin, accordion

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

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