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The Elephant Presents: A Nautical Affair

by The Elephant

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Fishy Lady 03:05
Four score and 10 years ago I thought I’d like to sail the shore Bought a boat in a dock In the great marina Well I met a Fishy Lady Oh boy, you should of seen her She’d stay on shore and I’d come and go It’s a pirates life for me I’d see her wave As I leave the bay Wishing I’d stay Left with animosity Theres far more fish in the sea Four score and five years ago I moved away to the shore Bought a home by the bay Next to a coconut tree Well I found the pretty lady But she wouldn't go steady with me I’d stay on shore and She’d come and go It’s a pirates life for her Now ships first mate And The Captains date I was a tad too late Left with animosity There’s far more fish in the sea
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Out At Sea 02:45
I see you With him Your predilection Is wearing thin I can see by the look in your eyes There’s still feelings you’ve yet to subside Just forgotten Not lost Maybe it’s just me But it gets lonely When you're always out at sea But when you’re here Time disappears I want you here with me But you have to leave I received your message In code Found in a bottle Way off shore I can meet you alone at sea I’ll declare my apology For my absence And return Maybe it’s just me But it got lonely When I was always out at sea But when I’m here Time disappears I want you here with me But I have to leave When the sun goes down Before The Captain is back from town Though I’d rather stick around The pros and cons are detrimental It seems better not to sound an alarm
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The captains left the crew Now here I am alone with you In a girls room I don’t know what to do A nervous wreck missing the clues Sadly off cue And though we are just lying I’m thinking I’m sinking The same thought goes through my mind Keep breathing keep breathing As our hands slowly touch The awkward silence eats our guts I’m floating higher Blood shoots through my veins Our bodies shift in different ways I’m on fire Is this really happening I’m thinking I’m thinking The same thought goes through my mind Keep breathing keep breathing The sails have been raised The rigs are set in place Ocean beats the waves A sweating sky of rain Gaze into her eyes A deep feeling inside Is this love? This must be love The storm has died down Our things were thrown onto the ground But I’m beside her And now we are just lying I’m thinking I’m dreaming The same thought goes through my mind Keep breathing keep breathing
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Perfidy 04:06
Pull out like a loaded gun The seed is spilling out And oozing on the rug And I’m not sure if we can wash it off this time So there it sits crusting into bits Trying to cover up with Furniture and sheets Conceal the evidence or at least for him But is that my melody I hear you singing in your sleep I’ve invaded your dreams Inside your mind I sing These hidden meetings are haunting me I don’t know how to cope with This constant secrecy and I’m not sure if I can keep up this time I fear this boat keeps sinking Each time that we delve deeper In a perfidy position That escalated quickly it wont be long now until we both drown Cause, is that my melody He hears you singing in your sleep Questioning your sincerity Distance and love Scream guilty Take my hand and step a little closer It’s not long till we’re a whole lot older Why don't you stay with me We can sail the seven seas I can tell that you need some motivation Thoughts locked in unsolved decisions Why don't you let the captain go Do you really think he doesn't know?
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Coconut Tree 02:35
Come baby, come baby Come with me I want to be with you Under the coconut tree If you come to see me I will be happy Living underneath My coconut tree Leave em’ baby leave em’ baby Leave him be Come live with me Under the coconut tree If you come to see me I will be happy Living underneath The coconut tree
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Drowning 04:28
Baby don’t cry We’re alone for now When you hear me sigh Know that we’re alright So sleep well my baby Don’t you cry a single tune Sleep well my baby Don’t you sing your quiet tune My heart is racing As I’m sneaking out her door Rowing away when I saw The Captain right off shore Oh, woe is me I think he saw me I’m gonna drown I’m gonna drown I’m gonna drown I’m gonna drown You leave me waiting When you go I guess if you need me Just let me know If you're gonna drown You’re gonna drown You’re gonna drown You’re gonna drown I’m gonna drown I’m gonna drown You’re gonna drown We’re gonna drown Another bottles floating over hides a note It’s time to go
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Dear Sailor 02:57
Dear Sailor, I know he's listening And I know he knows I'll leave in the morning I'll go when he's sleeping
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Lay tonight Rest your head Tomorrow we ride And float away There lies a girl As smooth as pearls Casting her spell Onto this world Sweet paradise How life has changed in time Clouds in the sky Immaculate design Above our love Cirrus wisps of crystal Forming patterns in the stratus As we rest on the grass Near the beach where we met Colored trees of autumn Sparks a feeling once forgotten Tranced in a trice As the light dances off her sad eyes Sweet paradise How life has changed in time Clouds in the sky Immaculate design Above our love Sweet paradise How life has changed in time Clouds in the sky Immaculate design Above our love
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Shipwreck 02:59
Perfect imagery A candelabra scene Topped with drizzling raindrops I see a storm brewing Still she is missing Wind’s picking up now Where has she gone Where could she be and can you hear that thunder She promised she’d meet Me here out at sea And I can feel that thunder I’ve finished off the ale Still I see no sails These waves started crashing The ship begins to sway While I just fade away Back to my dreamland Where has she gone Where could she be and can you hear that thunder I guess it’s just me Alone out at sea And I can feel that thunder Ohhhh Can you hear that thunder Ohhhh I can feel that thunder On a beach I wake Shipwrecked and dismayed Stumbling forward This life I now forsake I’ll never stay awake I’m making my own world
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78 02:48
I used to think of you And all of the things that you'd do But now that I’m free I sit and think of nothing lost and alone at sea I used to dream about you And all of the things we used do But now that I’m free I sit and think of nothing lost and alone at sea
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If I had a couple dreams I’d have something left to show But I packed them in boxes Then I took them out the door And left them in the road Lost and forgotten now I gotta get outa here some how I’m fucking exhausted And can’t wait no I gotta get outa here somehow But the clock stopped ticking’ I don’t know why All that’s left is in my head That I can’t seem to let go But they only come at night When I fall asleep I know That I’m gonna get a show Hold on here we go Will I be peaches and cream Will I be peaches and cream Maybe I’ll be peaches and cream Maybe I’ll be peaches and cream I gotta get outa here some how I’m fucking exhausted And can’t wait no I gotta get outa here somehow But the clock stopped ticking’ I don’t know why If I had a couple dreams I’d have something left to show But I packed them in boxes Then I took them out the door And left them in the road Hold on here we go Will I’ll be peaches and cream Maybe I’ll be peaches and cream Finally peaches and cream I am me peaches and cream
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I'm a loner Needless to say There's a woman Who's come my way I'm sad to say There she stays Away from me West coast lover on the opposite side Of this Eastern city Where I reside We'll coincide With sorrow sighs Melancholy Come live with me In my fortress by the sea We can dream in the same key And live as one Travel by plane Over vast green terrain And we'll live in the same Plastic City I'm a loner Needless to say There's a woman Who's come my way I'm sad to say There she stays Away from me

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"A Nautical Affair" is a self produced "rock soap opera" concept album about some nautical shenanigans at sea.

This album was slowly recorded in two different bedrooms and a living room using our instruments, Pro Tools, Logic, and a single Sterling Audio ST59 microphone.

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released December 1, 2017

Songs written and performed by Joel Tefteller and Daniel King
Lyrics by Joel Tefteller
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Joel Tefteller at In The Room Studios
Cover Art: Matthew Tate

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