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Wildcat Island

from Powder of the stars by John Meed

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lyrics

Reef the sail, step the mast, sail away
Sail away, never to return to Wildcat Island
Untie the painter, lower the boom, summer’s gone
Run close hauled before the wind, childhood’s done
From Swallowdale to Dunkirk beach with an engine in a metal box
Watch the wreck of innocence off duty’s rocks
Around the Horn from the China Seas all the way to Rio Bay
Life has made a roaring passage and regrets are ocean spray
Beating against the northeast wind, make the halyard fast
Windward the Point of Darien, home at last

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from Powder of the stars, released January 12, 2006
John Meed: Guitar and vocals

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John Meed Cambridge

John Meed is a singer-songwriter who lives in Cambridge, UK, and writes and performs in the folk and acoustic traditions. His songwriting has been compared to that of Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Jacques Brel and Richard Thompson. He has released eight albums and his music has been played on national and local radio. See johnmeed.net. ... more

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