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In the final few years of his life we were fortunate to spend some quality time with my father. Things he said on two of these trips are the inspiration for this song which is dedicated to him. On a trip to Uisken Beach, Isle of Mull he sat on an outcrop and appeared to become one with the rock. When we got back to him he said we could leave him there, he was so content. We didn't know at the time he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer and thought he was dying (in fact he recovered completely after surgery thanks to the NHS).

Another trip took us to Cot Valley in West Penwith, Cornwall. Here beaches formed 120,000 years ago, when the sea level was much higher, can be seen near the tops of the tall cliffs. We just talked about the sheer amount of time available to this planet, something creationists and fundamentalists just never seem to grasp.

Miss your gentle wisdom Dad.

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An old man sits upon the shore
His mind roams free as he starts to explore
The map of memories folded in his head
Contemplates a life well led

He said leave me here my time is done
I won't be a burden to anyone
I'll take my place among the rocks and stones
Let the sand and the sea take my bones

He said leave me here, I can't take this anymore
Leave me by myself upon the shore
To stay forever more beside the ebb and flow
Oh let me go. Let me go

He said these waves have crashed upon this shore
For so many years before
Any one of us was born and they'll go on every morn
For millennia after we are gone

Now his spirit flies o'er western shores
Joins the eagle as it soars over hills and moors
Then fades into the rocks as they form sand
Ash to dust upon the strand

He said leave me here, I can't take this anymore
Leave me by myself upon the shore
To stay forever more beside the ebb and flow
Oh let me go. Let me go

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from (Jack Of All Trades) Master Of None, released October 13, 2018

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