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Winyah

from Winyah EP by John Sherrill

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underneath an oak tree
the medicine man
told me 'bout my sons dream
today i die
man that brings the sunset
with a blade from the
sea makes my ending

he stood there with his mother
as i pushed the canoe
and started for the marsh where
i'd wait out the day
he cried that he was sorry
for dreaming i
turned and i said

i'm gonna die one day
i'm gonna die one day
i'm gonna die
but not today

sun and creek and sawgrass
and oysters i picked
and thoughts about the last tide
that'd wash em away
is nothing really something
is dying the
last or the first thing

looking back to see home
across the bay
the sky was turning blood red
smoke blowing wrong
paddle all the faster
there's no wasting
time to get back

i'm gonna die one day
i'm gonna die one day
i'm gonna die
but not today

the crickets played for no one
the fire all gone
and lapped up on a sand back
face down my son
and still beneath that oak tree
the medicine
man stared to nothing

i'm walking in the last light
to the canoe
an oysters in the dirt now
shell in my hand
i'm swimming to that sand bank
i'm lying down
next to my son

i'm gonna die today
i'm gonna die today
i'm gonna die
and that's ok

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from Winyah EP, released February 8, 2017

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John Sherrill Salt Lake City, Utah

John Sherrill is a singer-songwriter based in SLC, UT. He likes singing, skiing, playing guitar, mtbking, playing with his dog (Gussie), eating until he's full, etc.

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