DESCRIPTION:
taken from their third LP 'Austerity' available here http://distilledrecords.com/product/steve-dowling-the-obliviates-austerity-drcd009/

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Steve Dowling - vocal and guitar
Martin Emerson - lead guitar
Graham Rodger - mandolin, banjo and pedal steel
Nick Biggins - bass (Nicks stunt double in the video David Oldham)
Laurie McQueen - drums
Al Price - harmonica
Breagle - keyboards and backing vocals
Tom Wolstenholm - saxophone
Ali Paxton - trumpet
Rick Taylor - trombone

Steve Dowling - lyrics/music

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audio recorded at Unit 7 Studio - Bladnoch - South West Scotland by Huey Dowling

video filmed, directed and animated by Robert Lindsay at https://www.rwlgraphics.com

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ROLLING SEA
There’s someone looking at me from a magazine
Like he wants to know me, he thinks maybe I'm lonely
He’s been everywhere that I have dreamed
Among the ash trays and the empties, there’s nothing left to tempt me

but the rolling sea

inside of the sun it’s darker than you think
outside looking in, all you can see is him
but the brightness you admire diminishes with drink
his shadow’s very thin, he sounds like a broken violin

the howling wind

he’s a bladder full of sins that he carries round with him
in the middle of a crowd he’s laughing out loud
he’s keeping it together, his shoes are made of leather
but the soles are full of holes, he’s slowly filling up with doubt

the rolling clouds

the pages of the magazine blacken in the fire
half his smile is broke, rising in the smoke
nothing but the solar wind is propelling him
inbetween the stars, I can still hear his laugh

so far away

© Distilled Records 2015