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Saved by the tail of a whale

from Raw FAWM Demos 2024 by Roger Hammond

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lyrics

Tall tales have been told but I’m telling you
That this one will surely not fail
To flabbergast you, confound and astound you
For I was saved by the tail of a whale

I’d been traveling to Mexico ‘cross the Pacifico
With a fiend who posed as a friend
We were sailing together through rough and fair weather
But he secretly schemed to bring me to an end

We scrapped and I struck him, he fell to the waves
They consumed him and made him their own
The ship got damaged my body was ravaged
And I was left stranded, lost and alone

I thought “Who knows where we will go?
The love inside us should grow
Who knows where we will be?
The love will help us stay free
I know it’s you and me, for now”

The vessel was sinking and I got to thinking
That this day would be my last one
She tilted and bubbled into the sea belly
And I was left helpless, adrift in the sun

Embraced by the ocean, sea-sick with motion
The sharks were circling when
Up from the deep a giant whale leaped
And he spouted to greet me and then

He spoke to me gently in Whalish I guess
Which somehow I could understand
He moved his huge body and swam alongside me
Brushed his pectoral fin ‘gainst my right hand

He sang “Who knows where we will go?
The love inside us should grow
Who knows where we will be?
The love will help us stay free
I know it’s you and me, for now”

He said you are in trouble, you’re trapped in a bubble
Caught by the tumultuous blue
But I’m here to save you, I ask nothing of you
Roll onto my tail, I’ll bring safety to you

So, I laid on the tail of the giant blue whale
And was taken to Limba Baloo
It’s an island unknown, windswept, overgrown
Where nobody lived except me and Maloo

Maloo is the whale and this tale I regale
Of the whale who set sail with me on his tail

We sang “Who knows where we will go?
The love inside us should grow
Who knows where we will be?
The love will help us stay free
I know it’s you and me, for now”

It took a long time I sang songs and thought rhyme
But eventually a ship neared the shore
I boarded for Mexico but that was fifty years ago
Now I’m old and I don’t wanna go there any more

So that was the story of me and Maloo
And my wondrous life on Limba Baloo.

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from Raw FAWM Demos 2024, released March 1, 2024

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Roger Hammond Amsterdam, Netherlands

Based near Amsterdam. I write, play guitar, sing and record. I try to write interesting lyrics and occasionally I think they are. A lot of the songs end up with a calm sound and emphasize the vocals and acoustic guitar. My early influences were Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Jethro Tull, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Chopin, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Otis Redding and a ton more along the way ... more

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