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Scenic Route

from Like An Echo by Emma Lloyd

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We set a course for the top of the world but the van broke down in Marin
It was a week or two before the oceans rose, I remember by the way you grinned
You stepped outside and you put on my sweater and you turned your face to the wind
You said "I don't see how it can get any better," and you held my hand in the din

The trains went down in early September, the planes went down in July
And try as I might I just can't remember what they sounded like in the sky
But you slipped away just Sunday last leaving nothing behind but a smile
And now that I've got nothing better to do I'll be following you in a while

I remember when we watched the sea swallow up the sand
You said "Let's take the scenic route to the promised land"

I've got a pack and I'm bringing the last of the cans and the water and salt
I've got a good book and I've got a good memory and I've got the last of the fall
so I'll be moving north and I'll be listening for your call
'cause if you don't come home to me I'm not coming home at all

I know one day you'll drop in and tip your hat and take my hand,
You'll say, "Let's take the scenic route to the promised land
Singing, let's take the scenic route to the promised land,
we'll say, let's take the scenic route to the promised land."

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from Like An Echo, released April 16, 2022
released April 16, 2022
written by Emma Lloyd
vocals & acoustic guitar by Emma Lloyd
other instruments by Gawain Mathews
arrangement & production by Gawain Mathews

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