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Setting Sail

from Cardboard Boat by David Berkeley

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First track off Cardboard Boat, Berkeley's newest album, which pairs with his novella of short stories The Free Brontosaurus.

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Oh I’m setting sail again
The seas are high the winds are strong
Don’t know how long I’ll be gone
Or if I will be back again

I guess that I was wrong
I need to see the open sky
It’s not like I didn’t try
I know when it don’t feel right (and it don’t feel right)

Oh, but my heart is calm tonight
and the moon is burning bright

Tell me what is there left to lose
and what is it we're chasing here
It’s a phantom fish I fear
And some things aren’t worth the fight
(aren’t worth the fight)


Oh, but my heart is calm tonight
and the moon is burning bright

There is a river running through my bones
Straight toward the open sea
I wasn’t meant to live on either shore
That’s not the place for me

so I’m setting sail again
the seas are high the winds are strong
going back where I belong
where nothing’s fixed or tight too tight

Oh, but my heart is calm tonight
and the moon is burning bright

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from Cardboard Boat, released September 25, 2015
Straw Man Publishing 2015 ASCAP

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David Berkeley Santa Fe, New Mexico

The San Francisco Chronicle calls Santa Fe-based songwriter and author David Berkeley a “musical poet,” and the New York Times praises his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake.” He was a guest on This American Life, and has released 7 studio albums and 2 books. He is also half of the wildly creative Trans-Atlantic costumed duo Son of Town Hall. ... more

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