Eveline (A Poem Set in Dublin)

from Don't Remember EP by Jonny Harrison

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£0.79 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

She stares out the window
 Sees the boats, sees the docks
Sees waves trying to disappear
Like pages torn from a book
Then cast to the wind
Just to break on a rock
While he drowns his sorrows
And looks at the clock
But he knows that it’s too late
The boat lurches then rocks
And he almost had to wait.

She told her self this story
Enough times for it to be true
Now all that separates them
Is that black Atlantic blue
Which is scrawled out between them
Claiming a life that can change and renew
She hears her father’s voice
In the gloom
He takes off his belt and tells her
“I can show you something true” And she always had to wait.

Now she still sits by that window
She’s anchored to her blood
The dockyard’s just a memory
Which has thickened to mud
While an organ grinder sparks
A feeling she never understood
Her mother’s voice calls out to her
What she would and should and could
If she’d only found her partner
Joined the Arc
Braved the flood
She’d never have to wait.

credits

from Don't Remember EP, track released October 26, 2015
Written, performed and produced by Jonny Harrison. Mastered by James Creed at Hogan Studios.

license

about

Jonny Harrison England, UK

Singer-songwriter based in the Midlands.
Influences: Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Sufjan Stevens, Villagers, Bright Eyes, Nick Cave

contact / help

Contact Jonny Harrison

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jonny Harrison, you may also like:

Seawheel
by David Lonton-Baxter

”Seawheel Acoustic” delivers captivating melodies and heartfelt lyrics in songs that are equal parts soothing and enchanting. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 10, 2023
go to album
Sorry I'm So Sensitive
by Bea Stewart

The second EP from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bea Stewart runs from gentle folk to pillowy pop ballads, all perfectly executed. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 15, 2024
go to album
Invitation
by Michele Stodart

Michelle Stodart’s folk music captures hope in melancholy, addressing the transformational aspects of the most challenging times. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2023
go to album
Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
by José González

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 29, 2023
go to album
Onliness (songs of solitude & singularity)
by Josienne Clarke

Folk artist Josienne Clarke revisits music from her back catalog, infusing these lonesome songs with a new luminosity and drive. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2023
go to album
Once Upon A Time In Montréal
by Murray A. Lightburn

The folk artist explores grief through these smooth and soulful tracks. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 31, 2023
go to album
About Time
by Adriana Vasques

featured on Bandcamp Radio Dec 6, 2022
go to album