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I am more than tired. I am spent
Looking at the fishing boats
And the movements of the sailors
Are they landing their catch?
With the sun having fallen over the hill
It is cooler, but tolerable, tolerable
As I look on

And I am thinking of the banks of Italy
Where I found a huge longing
For the waters of home, and those I love and miss
Thinking they do not know how much I love and I miss them
And I imagine them toiling there
On the banks, on the banks, on the banks
Of the sweet Ebbw

I had a period of singing on stage. It’s not
Something I do much anymore. And I don’t know
What it was, but I was clutched by a deep sense of loss
Maybe the artifice, meaning the abandonment of the song of my heart
For what do I have if I lose the truth of song?
And again I thought, of those I loved, and their distance from me
On Italy’s banks

Here I am. Watching the sailors
With their well-drilled procedures
I am tired. I am spent
To watch this is the best I can do
And right now to report this fact to you
It is the best, it is the best, it is the best
That I can do.

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from What was left, released March 31, 2023

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Jon Airdrie and the Enablers Newport, UK

The Enablers is a band/project having the central notion of bringing a core number of people together to fashion a collection of songs, and then to record these songs, capturing the mood of the time - the mood both of the compositions themselves and of the band for the project's duration. To date, there have been eight Enablers. ... more

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