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Eliminate the Sting

from STONES THAT SING by John Coleman and Celia Kemp

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lyrics

ELIMINATE THE STING

School of fishes shining silver
golden weed sways in clear water
Dappled light in shifting lattice – mmm
Now a strange sense makes me shiver
smooth black ray sails round the corner
Long as me with stinger raised behind
mmm – mmm

Eliminate the sting – eliminate the risk
Nothing salty, nothing edgy, nothing wild

Swallows swooping in the wide blue
Hills and wind – trees and grasses
Sun is glistening off the flecks of quartz – mmm
Now a flock of black crows cawking
Suddenly the dogs have bolted
Turn around - two dingoes right behind
mmm – mmm

Eliminate the sting – eliminate the risk
Nothing salty, nothing edgy, nothing wild

Lying on my couch one evening
TV in the background streaming
David Attenborough speaking – mmm
Now a pod of killer whales is feeding
Camera close-up on a sea lion bleeding
Shudder then turn back to reading – mmm – mmm
Eliminate the sting – eliminate the risk
Nothing salty, nothing edgy, nothing wild

Celia Kemp/John Coleman © 2018

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from STONES THAT SING, released June 26, 2020
Scott Targett keyboards, electric bass
Christopher Coleman drums
Al Future harmony vocals
John Coleman lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

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John Coleman Hobart, Australia

John Coleman is an Australian singer/songwriter in the acoustic folk/rock tradition who has produced eleven albums of original songs The most recent is Falling Into Light - a collection of songs for meditation - his final collaboration with Noel Davis. Many of John’s songs are inspired by and explore the spirituality of the L’Arche and Quaker communities to which he belongs. ... more

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