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Words and music by Elle Osborne

Arranged and produced by Elle, with Alex Neilson and Mike Hastings

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Salt

It’s a good night for thunder
with the wrens flying high
And an old boy from the harbour warns
there’s weather on that sky

But some scar-face of a skipper
with ambition and no sense is wailing
“Get on lads – you only get wet once!”

In like a lion
out like a lamb
Set sail a boy
came home a man

But all that came back of most men
was the wood of boats they fished from
And all that remained of their women
was the homecoming they wished them

And daughters born with boys’ names
cried after their fathers
And all the sons and brothers
grew up quicker than they’d rather

In like a lion

And all the streets and beaches
moored with fishing boats
Sails stiff with salt and solitude
rigging ringing with ghosts

In like a lion

And the girls in Spanish dresses
in the carnival parade
Danced with the boys in silver buckles
their grandfathers made

In like a lion…

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from It's Not Your Gold Shall Me Entice, released November 6, 2015
Elle Osborne – vocals, cello, fiddle
Alex Neilson – drums, backing vocals
Mike Hastings – guitar, backing vocals, Jew’s harp, autoharp, tubular bells
Alasdair Roberts – bass, backing vocals
Dusty Springsteen – backing vocals

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