Picture this if you will, a backlit summers evening, everything quite still.
Water flows slow and brown, it’s like the glory and the torture of a Mississippi sundown
My name’s Mister LaTour and I live on the river, know every inch of it for sure,
Every tumbledown shack is a marker going upstream and a prayer when coming back
I’m Captain of this riverboat, just tryin’ to keep the thing afloat
It’s steam and wheels, and thuds and squeals, riding on the water…..
I’m Captain of this riverboat, just tryin’ to keep the thing afloat
It’s steam and wheels, and thuds and squeals, riding on the water…..
Who knows who runs this place, and through all the death and darkness, should I meet him face to face,
Words are never enough, but when the final battle’s over, then I’d like to call his bluff.
I’m Captain of this riverboat, just tryin’ to keep the thing afloat
It’s steam and wheels, and thuds and squeals, riding on the water…..
I’m Captain of this riverboat, just tryin’ to keep the thing afloat
It’s steam and wheels, and thuds and squeals, riding on the water…..
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Dark, angry, heartfelt...some of these lyrics are hard to read, but there is something valedictory about the journey they take you on, if you are prepared to go.
Rachel's songs are not for the faint-hearted but that voice...how can you NOT listen?
Dark beauty, like being strangled by a velvet glove.
And all the while Jon's playing and arrangements are the perfect accompaniment. His melodies carry Rachel's lyrics with subtlety and suppleness. Mike Ashton