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A Perfect Storm

from Internal Combustion by Rain Perry

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A Perfect Storm
Words & Music by Rain Perry
c2010 Precipitous Music/BMI
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A Perfect Storm

This town has seen no better captain
Who ran no finer crew
And I was lucky that he served with me
Several seasons through

He moved on to other waters
But he was due back this fall
And I was just about to track him down
When I got the call

He disappeared in stormy weather
He went down suddenly
And my heart ached for his girl back home
And for the captain lost at sea

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The pull of gravity
The lift of buoyancy
Are made to equal each other
And most of us will never know
But there’s a degree of roll
From which every boat cannot recover

A ship’s designed to right itself
And usually we do
Though we take a wave across our decks
Through a close call or two

So were you taking on water
That your scuppers couldn’t clear
Or did a rogue wave put you over
So far away from here?

Was there a cold front in your heart
You couldn’t find a way to warm?
Then did a hurricane blow through you
And generate a perfect storm?

Chorus

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from Internal Combustion, released September 21, 2010
Mark Hallman - piano, pump organ, clarinet

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Rain Perry Ojai, California

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood. In 2016 she completed The Shopkeeper, her first film. She teaches a series of classes called Songwriting for Civilians. ... more

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