Listen: Version 2, Version 1
Version 2:
Whatever dust might fall over the things that you’ve borrowed
Whatever hearts you fill with madness or sorrow
Whatever corners you search when the rooms around you swing
You might find what you lost, but it just might cost you everything
Because your boat is tied to the rocks with nothing but string
Your boat is tied up with nothing but string
And I hope you don’t think you can stand up
In this wind that can lift up a man like a spring
Whatever lines you sell to the world waiting below
Whatever time you kill for moving too slow
Whatever noise you make while the ears around you ring
You might think that it’s wrong but that’s not the song they want you to sing
Because your boat is tied to the rocks with nothing but string
Your boat is tied up with nothing but string
And I hope you don’t think you can stand up
In this wind that can lift up a man like a spring
You roll it out then and try to roll it back under the rug
But we all know what it was that you were thinking
Now your boat is tied to the rocks with nothing but string Your boat is tied up with nothing but string And I hope you don’t think you can stand up In this wind that can lift up a man like a spring
Version 1:
Don’t you bet on a safe return
For that car that’s driving into that storm
It’s a frail thing
A train platform in the early light
You really should have gotten some sleep last night
You’re a frail thing
Your boat is tied to the rocks
With nothing but string
Your boat is tied up
With nothing but string
And I don’t know how you think you can stand up
In that wind that can lift up a man like a spring
When you’re such a frail thing
I don’t know why we stand these lies
I guess we’re too happy to say goodbye
And we’re frail things
Our boat is tied to the rocks
With nothing but string
Your boat is tied up
With nothing but string
And I don’t know how you think you can stand up
In that wind that can lift up a man like a spring
When you’re such a frail thing
From Benjamin Adair Murphy presents: "12 Bars of Blues", released June 16, 2018 Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127) Allison Langerak – vocals Benjamin Adair Murphy – guitar Francesco Conte – lead guitar
Roy Gurel - guitar, vocals