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The Proposal (Valentina Part 1)

from Sail To The Deep by Bowker

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lyrics

Only a madman would walk these streets alone
As fog and darkness creep across the greasy stones
Which keep the “they” from us,
The walls we trust,
To keep out anything we must stay safe tonight
So no one but the worst of us
Will walk the streets from break of dusk, til morning light

A sailing man is noble only when at sea
The laws of all his kind come crashing down when freedom rears its pretty head,
And then instead,
Our hero drinks his way to bed through whores and fights
So no one but the worst of us
Will walk the streets from break of dusk, til morning light

My every step rings out like pennies in a purse,
Each shadow steps back from the man who'd they call “sir” if they could speak at all,
But not one calls,
'Cause not one wants to see me draw my blade tonight
I may well be the worst of us,
But I walk safe from break of dusk, til morning light

This bar ain't no place to be
For a gentleman, a man like me
That's what I said the night before
And the one before that and a thousand more
And now, I fall into my place,
With a drink in my hand and a frown upon my face

This bar ain't no place to be
For a girl like the girl I see
Dancing in a whirl of silk and lace
Singing in a voice that could burn this place to the ground,
Good lord bless my soul!
She's looking at me now and I don't know where to go

Down a drink or two and watch the only girl that I want more than
All the gold on unexplored
Islands in the sea
As the hours pass and empty glasses fill my table top
My drunken mind thinks I'm in luck
She's walking up to me

Sitting down across the table
Singing “Sir, I've heard your able to navigate the waves and to cross the seas,
So come on be my captain take a ride with me
I know, an island made of gold
Claimed many lives but I know which way to go”

As she mouths the name I feel a pain that shoots right through my soul
A fear that's never letting go - spirits not at rest
Say “I do believe it's time to leave” I grab my drink and coat
And run from both my father's ghost
And chance of happiness

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from Sail To The Deep, released November 24, 2014

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Bowker were formed in Southport in 2013 by lead singer and guitarist Andy Jones having enlisted the drumming chops of Rob Kirby and bass prowess of Frank Jones.

Bowker like to rock and have rocked ever since.

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