LARRY HIRSHBERG

 

Ghosts of Winthrop

Little Winthrop By-The-Sea / huddling down the centuries
Now there's lots of traffic there / engines fill the salty air

Phantom wagons in the surf / mysterious mounds of fresh turned dirt
Smoke and noise when there is no bus / some one sleeping next to us

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The ghosts of Winthrop walk the walls,
Light the sky and draft the halls
Things that live there know no rest
And lots of things will die there yet...

Was a ship just offshore / filled with 18th century whores
Saw it coming home one night / I waved and it sailed out of sight

There's a room above the beach / well within the spirits' reach
Fog fills it and takes it's shape / rust is taking the fire escape

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(Bridge)
Seawall stands always holds
As love goes dark and then grows cold
Lovers from long time ago
Whisper things you ought to know...

Two people standing by those waves / seems like only yesterday
Words can float and slip away / what was it I heard her say?

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