Ghost Ship Writers The song Contrasts the creative process of writing books and songs - creating something new where nothing was before. I think the words flow well and paint a decent poetic mood or picture. A good example of The Byrds meets Jimmy Buffett.
Ghost Ship Writers
Words & Music by John Curtis Anderson © 2011 John Curtis Anderson
Refrain Chasin ghost ship writers up a tall magnolia tree
They were driven to their writings Was their hands that set them free Searchin for a word that fits While they look inside their isles & wits And they never And they never reach the end
Verse 1 Oh I was safe in salty Saint Marie Off the coast of what was once a sea And the wind And the rain And the rocks And the sea gulls proud We were both engaged in writing lies Me a song and him a book so wise That the world would stop and cherish Another paperback on the shelf We were both deceived in what we saw But we both agreed on the strength of the call And to Make Something new where nothing was Repeat Refrain Instrumental Verse 2 Before the greats of Monday Turn to Tues-day afternoon There’s a bridge on which they travel With good fortune and the moon Mini Bridge Read the words of William Penn And a thousand other ancient men And their lines Are the proof of what they were Repeat Refrain
