The Dust Sailor Lyrics
And Also The Trees
Lyrics
I am the dust sailor
Drifting deep on the southern breeze.
I smell the cold
Welsh sinking sea
Float down through the mirage heat
of the south with me.,
I comb my way down beaches
To the jetsom dry towns.
In the grease dens
Through the reefer haze you call
With the smoke that pirouettes
Down the harbour streets
I am the dust sailor,
Drifting down through the south to you.
I wander through
The shuttered rooms
Down every ravine street
of the south for you.
I sail the singing silence
Of the desert simoons.
I cannot hold you
In my mermaid painted arms
You are the smell of oranges
And distant bells
I am the dust sailor,
Lying deep in the mirage view,
I sleep with you,
I wake with you
Down neath the golden skull
of the southern moon.
I see a day that stretches
like a secret... unknown.
From the bulls blood
On the hot afternoon sand,
To the cockerels crowing us
From high blue dreams
Song & Lyrics Facts
And Also the Trees is an English post-punk band formed in 1979. Their song "The Dust Sailor" was released on their fourth album, The Millpond Years, in 1991.
It was written by Simon Huw Jones and Justin Jones, and performed by And Also the Trees. The lyrics of this melancholic ballad tell a story of inner struggle and loss of identity. Its haunting melody creates a sense of longing, while its somber lyrics create a vivid picture of despair. The Dust Sailor remains one of the most beloved songs of And Also the Trees' discography.