Tom Maynard

Whispers In the Wind

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Silence of the Sea

Based on the story of the Andrea Gail, which became the book, The Perfect Storm, written by Sebastian Junger.

Words and music by Tom Maynard
Tom Maynard: vocal; Ken Porter: percussion

The cry of the gull and the swell of the sea
Gently swaddle and rock the scattered debris
Noone knows what happened, noone was there to see
All that's left there behind them is the silence of the sea

The Andrea Gail was a swordfishing boat
And for months at a time she would often stay out
With her six crewmen she made her way free
Too soon to be swallowed by the silence of the sea

A man's choice of living seems no choice at all
The money's good, the works hard when you're out for the haul
As you're rocked on her bosom, her suitor you'll be
No cry of your loved ones breaks the silence of the sea

In a violent collision a new storm was born
Where thirty foot waves thundered down upon them
Noone knows what happened, noone was there to hear
How the scream of the storm tore the silence of the sea

What goes throught the mind of a man without grace
As the cold ocean water wraps him in her embrace?
Does he see it as folly? Does he cry out a plea
As his soul is enfolded by the silence of the sea?

The cry of the gull and the swell of the sea
Gently swaddle and rock the scattered debris
Noone knows what happened, noone was there to see
All that's left there behind them is the silence of the sea
All that's left there behind them is the silence of the sea