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A Father's Instruction

from c. 2009 by In The Circuit Of The Sun

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Oh my son, how you have grown
from a cask of bluebird bones
to a man. On a sailor's song
you've flown into the ocean.

But when you're done with the sea
my son, come home to me
And even though you're going off to see
how bright life can be
in the merchant marines

Oh my son, what have you done?
You've thrown your days from an old tin cup
to a sea of kings and queens
and coins you plucked from fallen trees

But when you're done with the sea
my son, come home to me
And even though you're going off to see
how bright life can be
in the merchant marines

And so my son, if ever you meet a gypsy girl
don't give her ropes of pearls
or combs to tame her ringlet curls
don't let her sanguine lips uncurl
but pass her palm with a blade of silver

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from c. 2009, track released June 1, 2010
Music and lyrics by Tofer Moran and Paul Boccaccio

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In The Circuit Of The Sun New York, New York

In The Circuit Of The Sun is the ongoing project of Tofer Moran. It started in a bedroom in 2009 after dissolving his former band Proud Valletta and moving to San Francisco, and has since become an evolving collection of songs recorded in his home over the years. ... more

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