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Tarpaulin Cove
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songwriter acoustic folk country singersongwriter male vocal contemporary folk david maguire
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Acoustic; Singer/songwriter; contemporary folk; country
David Maguire has been playing music for most of his life. He started performing when he was only eight, and later spent years playing the bar scene in New England and Florida. Tiring of that, he took a long break and came back determined to write and play his own songs. For the last seven years, he has split his time between his home in northeastern Vermont and Nashville, working on his songwriting and playing live engagements. He plays occasionally throughout New England, and he can be seen in Nashville at such prestigious venues as the Bluebird Café. He is currently planning regional tours throughout the country in support of the release of hi new CD, Lucky Dog. Just like he travels back and forth between New England and Tennessee, David’s music travels the roads between contemporary folk and country, with the large part of acoustic singer/songwriter thrown into the mix. He strives to write songs with comfortable yet creative melodies, with lyrics that are understandable without being trite or cliche. When he’s fooling around, he comes up with stories about NASCAR wanna-bes (Turn Left Go Fast), quirky ways of expressing unrequited love (Lucky Dog) or ode's to his favorite season (Summer Coming On). He is at his best when he ventures into the field of common and universal human emotion and experience: the search for strength in a hard world (Tarpaulin Cove), the last good-bye to a true love (Lesson Learned) or the hopelessness of a relationship that is just not destined to be (Townie Boy). David’s intimate yet strong voice and fluid acoustic guitar wrap around these songs and present them in a way that have had audiences shaking there heads in agreement. Visit David on the Web at http://www.davidcmaguire.com .
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#7,844 today Peak #96
#1,759 in subgenre Peak #10
Author
David C. Maguire
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2009 by David C. Maguire
Uploaded
April 27, 2009
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MP3 5.4 MB 128 kbps 5:52
Lyrics
Tarpaulin Cove by David C. Maguire There?s a wind against the tide Out on Vineyard Sound tonight And Menemsha Bight is kicking like a mule Any cabin boy can tell you That?s a tide you cannot fight Any captain who would try it is a fool You could spend six hours heading up Through salt and sea and spray Each breaking wave will set you further back Or you could place your finger on the chart Seek shelter where you may If you come about on one more starboard tack [chorus] The seas they will get angry And the Nor?east wind is gonna? blow We?ll find safe harbor when we need it When we drop anchor in Tarpaulin Cove Sometimes we need to fight the storm To get to where we?re bound Sometimes the way to win is not to lose The trick is knowing when to run And when to batten down Sometimes it all comes down to knowing which to choose [repeat chorus] Dawn breaks on this quiet place The water looks like glass Outside the sound has calmed the winds are fair Once more we set sail for home Another storm has passed Once again we?ve come and found our refuge there [repeat chorus] ?2009 David C. Maguire(BMI)
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