Sunken Ships

from Sunken Ships by Rafa Russo

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Sunken Ships

I remember my years in shorts
The cycle races by the rails
When living was just another sport
And girls were aliens in pigtails

And our feet always dancing
And our chests always panting

I remember the wars we won
With our pillows and broomsticks
And I remember the rains we brought
With Indian paint on our cheeks

But when the darkness fell on my room
Frightening shadows came out and loomed
A door that grumbles, a tree that whips
The ghosts, the moon, the sunken ships

And dragons rising round my bed
Dragons rising round my bed
But the dragons were only in my head
Oh when, oh when, oh when will they die at my sword

I remember when I first went
To the river by her hand
In the crazy waters we swam and then
Watched the stars from the bank

But when the morning tamed the river
I saw my image in a mirror
Saw a stranger move my lips
And the lonely mast of a sinking ship

Now I’ve got a job
And a decent home
And I begin to think
Of bringing up children of my own

But when the darkness falls on my room
Frightening shadows come out and loom
Dreams beyond my fingertips
The ghosts, the moon, the sunken ships

And dragons rising round my bed
Dragons rising round my bed
But the dragons are only in my head
Oh will, oh will, oh will they ever die at my sword

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from Sunken Ships, released February 17, 2011

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