This song references a journey to Holland where we left Vlissingen at midnight on a converted fishing boat callined Le Gros Minet . The skipper told me to steer towards a light that was intermittently flashing across the other side of the estuary. I saw strange ripples on the surface of the water just before we ran aground on a sandbank. The light turned out to be malfunctioning street light. So I transposed the story into a love song and this is it.
lyrics
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER OF LOVE
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER OF LOVE
WHEN YOU LEAVE A SAFE HARBOUR
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
LOOKING FOR A LIGHT
A LIGHT SHINING ON ANOTHER SHORE
MAKE SURE IT’S THE ONE
THE ONE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
SHINING BRIGHT ON ANOTHER SHORE
THE ONE THAT YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR
IT’S EASY TO RUN AGROUND
IF YOU DON’T STOP AND LOOK AROUND
IT’S OH SO VERY EASY TO RUN AGROUND
TAKE CARE AND LOOK AROUND
FOR THOSE TELL TALE WARNING SIGNS
THAT YOU GET WITH THE CHANGING TIDE
ALL THOSE TELL TALE WARNING SIGNS
SEE THEM SHIMMERING OVER THE SIDE
LOOK OUT FOR
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER OF LOVE
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER
RIPPLES IN THE WATER OF LOVE
credits
from Ripples In The Water Of Love,
track released February 9, 2017
Lyrics and Vocals by Harri Rogers
Music by Marc Gordon
Engineered by Nick Swannell at Studio 49.
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