Dusk [poem set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 2021-08-14

Dusk

E Bm A E
There’s a tanker in the Strait, I wonder where it’s going
F#m Bm A C#7
Malacca, Bombay or Singapore
D A E F#m
And I’m wondering where my life is going
Bm F#m E F#m
The madhouse, the poorhouse, flotsam on the shore

(Riff) A7 Dm
The clouds are like marble, Italian colours
A7 Dm F C
Their edges tinged with the dying rays of the sun
C#7
But blue becomes grey and pink becomes purple
D A G F#m
As the ship sails away and the Penang day is done

Street lights get brighter, as the call to prayer sounds
The crows and dogs begin their dusk lament
Mosquitos awake, declare it’s opening time
Late walkers leave the beach, crabs and lizards content

Now the sky is darker than the deep deep sea…deep deep sea
My lights draw all the winged beasts from the air
The fan stirs the air, the smoke from my cigarette
I sit here alone, listen to the waves in my chair

TJD
10/8/21

Riff: E B C# D E DC# B