Name: Dolphins At Dawn
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: A song about being deep down in the hole, and about hanging onto that tiny thread of hope that things will get better. I'd love you to read the lyrics to this one - I personally, on the quiet, consider it to be some of my finest words, and I'd hate for my cold-affected voice to detract from those heart-felt words.

Dolphins At Dawn

from On Blue Days - the demo tapes by Darcy Hay

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A song about being deep down in the hole, and about hanging onto that tiny thread of hope that things will get better. I'd love you to read the lyrics to this one - I personally, on the quiet, consider it to be some of my finest words, and I'd hate for my cold-affected voice to detract from those heart-felt words.

lyrics

This worn out feeling,
A raven drenched in bleach.
A streetlight, snatching sleep.
A scarecrow, shepherding wheat.
Lightning in the ocean's deep.

The clock stops wheeling,
like a boy with his toys on the roof.
A dead lamb with a wobbling tooth.
A spasm in a soundproof both.
A beggar, with a shirt left to lose.

The night swoops in, stealing
honeyeater songs from the sky.
The blue hues that drawn from my eyes,
as the spider hollows the fly,
and the dew on the garlic runs dry.

Healing. Sweet healing,
come dancing across the morn.
A wet-eared, prancing fawn,
frogs delicately sculpting their spawn.
Dolphins, meeting the dawn.

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from On Blue Days - the demo tapes, released July 9, 2021
Darcy Hay - vocals, guitar, lyrics

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Darcy Hay Geraldton, Australia

Folk, country and blues singer-songwriter from the Midwest of Western Australia with a penchant for political and poetic lyricism, energetic guitar playing, authentic vocals and deft harmonica work

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