From the recording Sea Salt and Sawdust
Words: Saying “I love the beach” is an understatement...it's a source of inspiration and relaxation.
Key lyric: A different kind of liquor fuels my reverie, I drink deep the elixir of the salty breeze
Music: Breezily upbeat, propelled by cello and violin. Featuring Marian’s former Project Mercury bandmate Charlene Donohue and her 16-year-old daughter Emily laying down melodic string sections.
Sounds like: R.E.M.
Credits: Marian Mastrorilli-lead vocals and acoustic guitar; Charlene Donohue-backing vocals and violin; Emily Donohue-cello; Jamie Nickolaus-drums; Glenn Govier-bass. Recorded and mixed by Kevin Kelly at The Workshoppe East; violin, cello and backing vocals recorded by Todd Giudice at Roots Cellar, Cold Spring, NY.
Lyrics
Beach Musings ©2003-2005 Marian Mastrorilli
At the edge of summer
Where I used to play
I hear whispers from the ocean
I hear echoes from the bay
More than my surroundings
Plays upon my sense
The heady scent of nostalgia
Lays down my defense
Out here by the ocean
Here in the sand
Strong as a potion
Enchanted land
A different kind of liquor
Fuels my reverie
I drink deep the elixir
Of the salty breeze
Past the splintered fences
A path along the dunes
Winds thru windblown grasses
To a never-ending blue
Out here by the ocean
Here in the sand
Strong as a potion
Enchanted land
The waves they come together
In a raucous dance
Harmony of land and sea
Brings upon a trance
Seafoam blows like tumbleweed
Across the tranquil beach
Past and present overlap
Stirs up something deep
At water’s edge, sandpipers skitter
Beneath the sunset waves a-glitter
Embrace the sweet, erase the bitter
Embrace the sweet, erase the bitter
Embrace the sweet, erase the bitter