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Jim Gilchrist &
C'est La Vie!
Blast From The Past
Night Drifter
DRIFTING ON A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN,
SITS A LITTLE BLOKE, DRINKING FROM A FLASK,
NO STORM AT SEA TONIGHT, JUST SOME WEIRD DEVOTION,
ITS COLD ALTHOUGH IT'S DRY BUT HOW LONG WILL HIS LUCK LAST ?
WHAT THE HELL'S HE DOING THERE - IS THE OLD MAN MAD ?
WHAT'S HIS NATIONALITY - IS HE GOOD OR BAD
WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME OF HIM, WHEN HIS FOOD RUNS OUT ?
OR WHEN THE SEA GETS ROUGH AGAIN, HE'LL DIE WITHOUT A DOUBT,
WITHOUT A DOUBT.

A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE, HE WOULD HAVE TO GO,
TO REACH THE NEAREST SHORE - OH I DON'T UNDERSTAND,
A RICKETY OLD BOAT, AND NOTHIN' WHICH TO ROW.
HE'S NEVER GOING TO LIVE, SO FAR AWAY FROM LAND.

WHAT THE HELL'S HE DOING THERE - IS THE OLD MAN MAD ?
WHAT'S HIS NATIONALITY - IS HE GOOD OR BAD
WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME OF HIM, WHEN HIS FOOD RUNS OUT ?
OR WHEN THE SEA GETS ROUGH AGAIN, HE'LL DIE WITHOUT A DOUBT,
WITHOUT A DOUBT.

HE SITS THERE ALONE, PUFFING ON A FAG,
IS HE AWARE THESE ARE HIS FINAL DAYS ?
HIS EYES SLOWLY CLOSE, HE TAKES A FINAL DRAG.
IS HE GOING TO DIE OR IS THIS JUST A SLEEPING PHASE ?

WHAT THE HELL'S HE DOING THERE - IS THE OLD MAN MAD ?
WHAT'S HIS NATIONALITY - IS HE GOOD OR BAD
WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME OF HIM, WHEN HIS FOOD RUNS OUT ?
OR WHEN THE SEA GETS ROUGH AGAIN, HE'LL DIE WITHOUT A DOUBT,
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
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© Jim Gilchrist 1984


Track Info
Music & Lyrics - Jim Gilchrist
Produced by Jim Gilchrist
Recorded at CLV Studios. Bushey, Herts. UK.

Vocals - Jim Gilchrist
All instruments - Jim Gilchrist

©CLV Recordings.