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Down to the Docks

from Bird Song by Holland Belle

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lyrics

Lay for me my white dress
Color to my cheeks caress
Smell of the summer on you, smell of the summer on you

Lay for me a king’s feast
Drink with me the wine that bleeds
The taste of a poison, the taste of a poison

Then I go down to the docks at dawn
Nobody sees my face, but they hear my song
Don’t know why I feel so free in the dark
It’s the only time I speak my heart

Can you meet me there by the waterside?
Hear how I have stolen, killed and lied
And hold me while you can, take my love
I go with the night when the sun comes up

See me in your photographs
Haunted with a gentle laugh
A kiss on your lips it tells you
A kiss on your lips it tells you

Remember me with beauty
And think of me as though I sleep
Just a moment before you, moment before

I go down to the docks at dawn
Nobody sees my face, but they hear my song
Don’t know why I feel so free in the dark
It’s the only time I speak my heart

Can you meet me there by the waterside?
Hear how I have stolen, killed and lied
And hold me while you can, take my love
I go with the night when the sun comes up

Is there peace in the darkness I’m searching for?
Is there peace in the darkness?
Peace in my darkness?

When I go down to the docks at dawn
Nobody sees my face, but they hear my song
Don’t know why I feel so free in the dark
It’s the only time I speak my heart

Can you meet me there by the waterside?
Hear how I have stolen, killed and lied
And hold me while you can, take my love
I go with the light when the sun comes up

credits

from Bird Song, released May 13, 2022
All songs written by Holland Belle, except “Trees They Grow High” (traditional)
Performed by Holland Belle (lead vox, b vox, guitar, keys, percussion)
Produced by Dante Bardo, (guitar, bass, drums, keys, b vox)
Engineered by Alex Wernquest (Bass)
Strings performed by Jonathan Talbott
Acoustic Piano on "Down to the Docks" performed by Wesley Harper
Mixed by Andy Baldwin
Mastered by Joe LaPorta
Album photography by Elizabeth Ibarra
Album design by Beckie Hermans

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Holland Belle Hudson, New York

Holland Belle makes her home at the base of the catskill mountains. Insects singing, thunder rolling, and the conversations of birds.

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