Silver City

(Cornwall 2008)

​This song flew in from the oceans of Falmouth, just a stream of images with no thoughts. After receiving it I realised it captured the essence of my childhood so sweetly, on the peninsula of Coromandel, New Zealand, like a sweet magical dream of salty air, then moving to the Silver City of Auckland.

Chords
Capo II
​Am C F G

​I plan strength
I topple sideways clearing my bench
I heard my name
Trembling tall trees searching the skies
And when I came
I swam from the headlands carrying torches
You’re the same
Under the shell now whispering secrets

Chorus:
I once knew a silver city
Down by the water’s edge
Help me find my coral footprints
The swamps have swallowed to their depths
I’ll show you towers turned of oak wood
The great white horses home
I hope that you don’t turn the light on
I hope that I’m not alone

I plan change
I wake from the inside, sleep on the train
Sink my teeth
Forget my manners, blame it on me
I write it down
Capture nothing but swollen clouds
And turn your head
Think you don’t see me splashing around

​Chorus

Musicians
Susie Ro – Vocals
Michael Stanton – Guitar & backing vocals
Ayla Schafer – Backing vocals
James Watts – Irish low whistle
Rowan Sterk – Percussion
Misha Mullov-Abboda – Double bass
Asha Mccarthy – Cello

Coromandel, New Zealand 1992