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Sturgill Simpson
A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Sea Stories

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Sturgill Simpson

Sea Stories

Release date: 14th April 2016

From A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Track 4

3:17

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About This Track

"Sea Stories" is a track by Sturgill Simpson, from the album A Sailor's Guide to Earth, released 14th April 2016. The track is 3:17 long. It's filed under Country. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Sturgill Simpson.

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Sturgill Simpson

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Lyrics

Sea Stories

Basically it's just like papaw says
Keep your mouth shut and you'll be fine
Just another enlisted egg
In the bowl for Uncle Sam's beater
When you get to Dam Neck
Hear a voice in your head
Saying, my life's no longer mine
Have you running with some s-a-d s-o-t
B-M-F's Anitas
Sailing out on them high seas
Feels just like being born
That first port call in Thailand
Feels like a pollywog turning nineteen
They've got king cobras fighting in boxing rings
And all the angels play Connect Four
Seems like a sailor's paradise
But turns out to be a bad dream
When I hit the ground running in Tokyo
From Kawasaki to Ebisu
Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Shinjuku
Shibuya, Ropongi, and Harajuku
Aw, from Pusan and Ko Chang, Pattaya to Phuket
From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
Seen damn near the whole damn world
From the inside of a bar
I've got sea stories
They're all true
Might seem a little bit far-fetched
But why would I lie to you
Memories make forever stains
Still got salt running through my veins
I've got sea stories
And my shellback, too
Sometimes Sirens send a ship off course
Horizon gets so hazy
Maybe get high, play a little GoldenEye
On that old sixtyfour
And if you get sick and can't manage the kick
And get yourself kicked out the navy
You'll spend the next year trying to score
From a futon life raft on the floor
And the next fifteen trying to figure out
What the hell you did that for
But flying high beats dying for lies
In a politician's war

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Track details

From A Sailor's Guide to Earth

3:172016

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Album

A Sailor's Guide to Earth

Sturgill Simpson

15th April 2016

Track number

4

Release year

2016

1Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
4:53
2Breakers Roar
3:33
3Keep It Between the Lines
4:01
4Sea Stories
3:17

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Angel Olsen and Sturgill Simpson team up for a new take on Olsen's recent album title-track, 'Big Time'

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"It’s crazy to write a song and then watch someone else you really admire sing your words"

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6Brace for Impact (Live a Little)

7All Around You

—Breakers Roar

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Sturgill Simpson
Producer: Sturgill Simpson
Engineer: David Ferguson, Ebonie Smith, Geoff Allan
Bass: Dave Roe
Drums: Miles Miller
Vocals: Sturgill Simpson
Acoustic Guitar: Sturgill Simpson
Background Vocals: Miles Miller, Sturgill Simpson
Electric Guitar: Laur Joamets
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
Mixing Engineer: David Ferguson
Organ: Bobby Emmett
Piano: Jefferson Crow
Recording Engineer: David Ferguson, Sean Sullivan
Steel Guitar: Dan Dugmore