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This song, written by Shetland musician Lewie Peterson, contrasts life in the islands with that in the cities. With Lewie's Permission, we've Anglicised and latitudinally adjusted the lyrics.

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There’s no place I hold so dear in my affections
But there’s places where I know that I should be.
Take a coastal path and walk with my reflections
See what comes from this selfish company.

Can you feel the chill around your neck increasing?
Almost sixty degrees north and we’re outside
There’s a shoulder getting colder with every meeting
There’s space to run but there’s no place to hide.

So give me rocks and salty water, give me streets in which to roam
Or a troupe o Merry Dancers to light the way back home
Well the sea it will aye sever, it could break us in the end
And I’m caught between the waters once again.

It’s still in my heart but my heart has lost its reason
Like the cliff that’s slowly crumbling with the tide
Struggling to see the light out of this season
Better save my memories up for other nights.

Can you feel the chill around your neck increasing?
Almost 60 degrees north and we’re outside
There’s a shoulder getting colder with every meeting
There’s space to run but there’s no place to hide.

So give me rocks and salty water, give me streets in which to roam
Or a troupe o’ merry dancers to light the way back home
Well the sea it will aye sever, it could break us in the end
And I’m caught between the waters once again.

So give me rocks and salty water, give me streets in which to roam
Or a troupe o’ merry dancers to light the way back home
Well the sea it will aye sever, it could break us in the end
And we’re caught between the waters once again.
And we’re caught between the waters once again.

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from Rocks and Salty Water, released November 23, 2019
Lewie Peterson

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