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5. Nowhere On Sea

I used to drive a lovely cortina but some kids smashed the window one day
It’s still sat there in the driveway
i don’t really go anywhere anyway
Busking outside the old Woolworth’s store
Just enough for a beer or three
I could have been a famous singer you know
But that kind of life’s not for me

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

Well Maria she moved to the city
Ah you should of seen us in eighty nine
She asked me if I’d go with her
But it just didn’t feel right at the time
There’ve been a few holiday romances
A few one night stands that’s for sure
But since they opened the new power station
People don’t seem to visit much anymore

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

The graffiti on the wall it says ‘call me for a good time’
That just might be the best offer you’ll see
Being lonely is not a crime
Ah the pubs have all closed down now
Except the anchor and the old rod n line
Once it was happy hour all the time
Now it’s just from six until nine

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

See those hotels have all been sold now
Somehow they smell the money in all this decline
Like the kids that hang around in the arcade at night
Just one shot away from the big time
As for me I don’t really know what I’m after
But it’s true that I’m way past my prime
And I get low sometimes and I don’t know why
But I’m happy go lucky most of the time

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea
Oh i’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

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from More Notes from the Field, released October 29, 2021
Tobias ben Jacob - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Lukas Drinkwater - Backing vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, production
Emily Barker - Harmonica

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Jacob & Drinkwater London, UK

On tour in UK April/May '22.

Jacob & Drinkwater have been called ‘stand out new Folk’ by BBC6 Music and ‘inventive and thrilling’ by R2 Magazine. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater's nimbly rhythmic double bass; the layers of depth a perfect counterfoil. ... more

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