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Mermaid of Marin (Black Sand Beach)

by Myself a Living Torch

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Jeff Kliment One of my favorite tracks from Floribundus, the last and best of Doctor Death's C'est La Mort Records compilations. Takes me back to a very special time and place. Thanks for posting this on BC!
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Restoration and remix of 1992 track from the Citizen Self EP. 88k-24b high resolution file.

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10 PM from the headlands, you get the view
Breaking dawn on Black Sand Beach, you feel the naked truth
Looking for the future, wading toward Japan
Vanishing between the cresting swells, she said,
"Give me back what's mine"
Mermaid of Marin, you're the burning bridge at the back of my mind
Mermaid of Marin, in the swallowing, swallowtail tide

Signatures on seashells, souvenirs for shore
Entangled in economy, she swims until she's sore
Then up against the future, I reached out for her hand
She declined. She said, "Give me back what's mine"
Mermaid of Marin, you're the burning bridge at the back of my mind Mermaid of Marin, in the swallowing, swallowtail tide

Mermaid, mermaid...
Whispering, "Give me back what's mine"
Whispering, "Give me back what's mine"
You're the burning bridge at the back of my mind
Mermaid of Marin, in the swallowing, swallowtail tide
In the tide, in the tide…
Whispering, "Give me back what's mine"

From the headlands, you get the view
From the headlands, you get the view

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released January 13, 2023
voice, guitar – jeffrey bright
guitars, synth – eric schulz
string bass – chris troy green
drums – christopher fisher
pedal steel – steve cornell

words – bright
music – bright, schulz, green, fisher

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⁣⁣⁣elisabeth jerichau-baumann / CC BY-SA (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣adapted by JABMA⁣⁣⁣

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Myself a Living Torch San Francisco, California

By turns surreal, beautiful, arch, and melancholic, MaLT’s sonic adventures explore the meaning of love and role of sex in a failing, depersonalized culture. Literate enough for lasting relevance, tuneful enough for disposable pop; dark, sometimes heavy, but always with sly humor and a dash of hope. Active in SF CA between 1991 and 1993 ... Credit Louis-Ferdinand Céline for the incendiary name. ... more

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