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His Own Titanic

from Little Town Blues (2015) by Mark Lucas

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A rainy afternoon & they shared a torn umbrella into town
He was a small-time trader in big futures & she was living in the now
She took him for a schemer as he hooked her on a line about botanics
Never dreaming he was embarking on the maiden voyage of his very own Titanic

Clouds were scudding by & gulls wheeled overhead crying havoc
He’s standing there amazed at somehow sometimes life just happens
It’s in the way she moves & there within in the oceans of her eyes
Brighter than the moon & darker than these stormy skies

Brighter than the moon
Darker than these stormy skies
To hell with all the rules
Somehow sometimes life just happens


Now he’s standing on the deck re-arranging all the chairs & keeping time
With a band still playing waltzes to the waves & Auld Lang Syne
She left him on the promenade with a dairy ice & a rising sense of panic
Left him contemplating consequence staring out across the rails of his own Titanic

Brighter than the moon

He wishes that he’d hung on longer to that moment when the sun burst through the trees
A face may launch a thousand ships but a careless word can sink a single dream
So it’s a memory of a kiss more tender than it was volcanic
And he slips beneath the waves standing on the bridge of his own Titanic
He slowly slips beneath the waves standing on the bridge of his own Titanic

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from Little Town Blues (2015), released June 1, 2015

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Mark Lucas Sydney, Australia

Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In singer-songwriter Mark Lucas' word picture world you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell. ... more

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