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Life an Death Along the Coastal Shore

by Quinton Patterson Briggs

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1.
Into the Dream 03:48
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INTO THE DREAM Hurricane Blow you down A mighty wind From Kingston Town A tidal wave A big blue sea Miami bound Like destiny Liberated ladies Lying naked in the sand Waiting where the water takes command Into the Dream Golden tans Of summer girls In oyster bars Like hidden pearls They line the coastal highway From Orlando to the Keys Where fantasies of love are like a breeze Within the Dream Intoxicated kitties Fill the moonlight on the bay As designated drivers come to carry them away Into the Dream Be my Dream Be my Love My Hula Honey My Island Dove The hurricane Can blow you down A mighty wind Into this town A tidal wave Miami bound A big blue sea With an awesome sound My liberated Lady Waiting somewhere in the night Where falling stars and fantasies take flight Into the Dream Intoxicated kitties Fill the moonlight on the bay As designated drivers come to carry them away Into the Dream Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-04-10
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Sailing Away (Lucky Stars) 03:47
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SAILING AWAY (Lucky Stars) I have time to kill Space to fill Drinks to chill Strength of will Love to share A girl to care I thank my lucky stars I’m sailing Down this sunny day Smooth sailing I’m sailing away I have miles to go Truth to know Love to show Afterglow Dreams to chase A warm embrace And beaches, boats, and bars I’m sailing Down this sunny day Smooth sailing I’m sailing away I have gifts to give Life to live And a million lucky stars I’m sailing Down this sunny day Smooth sailing I’m sailing away I have time to kill Space to fill Drinks to chill Strength of will Love to share A girl to care I thank my lucky stars I’m sailing Down this sunny day Smooth sailing I’m sailing away I’m sailing Down this sunny day Smooth sailing I’m sailing away I’m sailing away Sailing away Quinton Patterson Briggs 05-30-10
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Sing an Island Song (Aloha! The Magnum Song) 05:53
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SING AN ISLAND SONG (Aloha! The Magnum Song) I tell you not to worry The trouble come and go The sun, he shine soon after The hurricane, she blow No use to be in hurry Too must a waste of day You work your fingers weary And soon you pass away Aloha! Come dancing all night long Aloha! And sing an island song I go out to the island In search of Paradise Where hula girls and “howlies” Perform for private eyes I see a lovely lady She stroll along the beach Inviting like the mango And juicy as the peach She make hypnotic motion With rhythm in her hips She pull me like the ocean That drive the sailing ships She set my heart to flying Like moth to candle flame Then vanish in the moonlight I never get her name Aloha! Come dancing all night long Aloha! And sing an island song I call up Thomas Magnum To solve my mystery To help me find this lady Enchanting like the sea I have to find this lady I’m willing now to pay Mr. Higgins answer “Oh, my God!” he say Then, Rick, he have no notion Where Thomas may be found Somewhere on “Big Island” Or Honolulu bound I fly below the radar With chopper-man, T. C. We rendezvous with Magnum Where island meet the sea Aloha! Come dancing all night long Aloha! And sing an island song The lady, we no find her She isn’t what she seem A fantasy…a vision Or existential dream Then, Magnum say the reason And wink his eye at me “The secret, she is simple… What will be…will be!” Aloha! Come dancing all night long Aloha! And sing an island song Heading for the mainland Adventure now is done The island disappearing Into the setting sun I tell you not to worry The trouble come and go The sun, he shine soon after The hurricane, she blow Aloha! Come dancing all night long Aloha! And sing an island song Aloha! Come dancing all night long Aloha! And sing an island song Quinton Patterson Briggs 05-04-07
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Along the Shore 05:50
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ALONG THE SHORE Along the shore The oil and water wage a war As dreams are dying Along the shore Human heartbreak makes a mighty roar Like God is crying Along the shore…we search the skies In vain to see one sign A sign of hope…of love divine For life along the shore For life in death along the coastal shore Upon the beach The breeze blows down a Georgia Peach Into the Gulf Stream She shakes her hair In waves around her shoulders bare Like a summer dream Along the shore…we search the skies In vain to see one sign A sign of hope…of love divine For life along the shore For life in death along the coastal shore Along the shore Nothing is the way it was before Life rearranges Along the shore Nothing is familiar any more A sea of changes Along the shore…we search the skies In vain to see one sign A sign of hope…of love divine For life along the shore For life in death along the coastal shore Life and death Along the coastal shore Life and death Along the coastal shore A sign of hope Along the coastal shore Life and love…along the shore Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-07-10
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The Anchor Will Not Hold 04:27
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THE ANCHOR WILL NOT HOLD I’d rather be alone tonight I hope you understand For I have tasted bitter fruit No matter what I planned It’s true your lips are warm and wet And sweet as summer wine Your eyes shine bluer than the blue Of berries on the vine Words of love should only come Where promises are true For lust can turn your dreams to dust And break your heart in two Unleash the demon dogs of war They’re howling to be free They hunger for the taste of blood And human misery There was a time…so long ago When wounds would sometimes heal But now that time is dead and gone And pain is all we feel Words of love are not enough To hold the dogs at bay Sometimes it’s best to bite your tongue Or turn and walk away Words of love are not enough To keep the dogs at bay Sometimes it’s best to hold your tongue And turn and walk away Upon this mighty ship of fools Titanic dreams unfold Beneath the waves a wall of ice Looms ominous and cold No one sees the warning signs The straining of the hold We don’t believe this ship will sink No matter what we’re told Words of love are empty sounds When dreams are bought and sold Like a toy ship driven by the storm Whose anchor will not hold We’ve passed the point of no return We call our folly “bold” But soon this ship will hit the reef The anchor will not hold Soon this ship will hit the reef The anchor will not hold Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-24-06
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Song of the Wind and the Sea 03:36
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SONG OF THE WIND AND THE SEA I’m sailing down a summer breeze I’m drifting along …my heart is at ease The wind in my sail…the stars in my eyes The creak of the ship…the rigging that sighs The life of a sailor is following freely The song of the wind and the sea A voice in my heart now speaks to my soul The sound of the waves that rumble and roll Fill my tin cup with brandy at dawn Find me a boat to carry me on The life of a sailor is following freely The song of the wind and the sea Quinton Patterson Briggs 12-13-03
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Only One Thing I Can Do 05:28
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ONLY ONE THING I CAN DO Walking on the beach Talking about anything we please Within our reach Strolling on the sand Arm in arm and hand in hand with love At our command The lights look lovely on the water And you look lovely out her, too Your love has taken my defenses There’s only one thing I can do Standing on the shore Handing out our heart and soul for free And wanting more Wishing on a star Fishing for a dream to show the way To who we are The lights look lovely on the water And you look lovely out here, too Your love has overcome my senses There’s only one thing I can do The lights look lovely on the water And you look lovely out here, too Your love has taken down my fences There’s only one thing I can do Walking on the beach Talking about anything we please Within our reach Strolling on the sand Arm in arm and hand in hand with love At our command The lights look lovely on the water And you look lovely out here, too Your love has overcome my senses There’s only one thing I can do There’s only one thing I can do There’s only one thing we can do Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-01-10
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My Love Is an Island 03:34
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MY LOVE IS AN ISLAND My love is an island Way out in the ocean blue Uncharted and pristine, too My love is an island My love is an island White sand with a blue lagoon Red sky with a yellow moon Oh, my love is an island My love is a siren Sea green as a mermaid’s tail Deep blue as a big blue whale My love is a siren My love is a siren The fresh sting of a new tattoo The ding, ding of a ship’s bell, too Oh, my love is a siren My love is a treasure Hidden down in a palm tree grove Buried deep in a pirate’s cove My love is a treasure My love is a treasure Salty kisses and morning dew “Rock me gently” and “I love you” Oh, my love is a treasure My love is a treasure… My love is an island… My love is a siren My love is an island Quinton Patterson Briggs 08-16-06
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Sailor's Lament 05:48
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A SAILOR’S LAMENT Your fate is uncertain Your course is unsteady Clouds have now covered the stars A storm-front is building You’d better be ready To fight for your life in the war of all wars Your dreams and desires Say love is the master Your tenderness tattletales, too You’re caught in a maelstrom And courting disaster Lost in her doe eyes of feminine blue Tell me, what is a sailor to do? Your confidence shaken By phrases unspoken By feelings that you cannot explain The heart of a man Is a thing to be broken By womanly wiles in a romantic rain Tell me, are we believers in vain? If you get caught By the wind and the water Tossed all about by the hurricane tide The rising and falling Of sea billows calling Davey Jones’s locker’s a mighty fine ride Loves’ ocean is deep and the water is wide Your fate is uncertain Your course is unsteady Clouds have now covered the stars A storm-front is building You’d better be ready To fight for your life in the war of all wars If you get caught By the wind and the water Tossed all about by the hurricane tide The rising and falling Of sea billows calling Davey Jones’s locker’s a mighty fine ride Loves’ ocean is deep and the water is wide Loves’ ocean is deep and the water is wide Loves’ ocean is deep...and the water is wide Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-03-06
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Captain Jack's Drunken Dream 04:18
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CAPTAIN JACK’S DRUNKEN DREAM Rum-dum-dum-diddy-dum-diddy-dee I’ll sing you a sailing story Up from the bottom of the briny sea I’ll bring you a whaling tune Come with me, and you will see The ghost of Long John Silver Fal-de-rol-de-rum-dum-dum By the light of a sailor’s moon Oh, Lord abide...the rising tide The water wild and, oh, so wide Oh, glory be...the rolling sea The ocean wild and, oh, so free We’ll take a trip on a whaling ship In search of pirate’s bounty Round the Horn on a foggy morn’ We’ll be Bahama bound We’ll spend the night beneath the light Of heaven-shine, me hearties Sip yer rum ‘til kingdom come And chase the stars around Oh, Lord abide...the rising tide The water wild and, oh, so wide Oh, glory be...the rolling sea The ocean wild and, oh, so free Oh, Lord abide...the rising tide The water wild and, oh, so wide Oh, glory be...the rolling sea The ocean wild and, oh, so free A stolen kiss from a lovely miss The pleasures of the harbor Sail away at the break of day To passages unknown Rum-dum-dum-diddy-dum-diddy-dee I’ll sing you a sailing story Up from the bottom of the briny sea I’ll bring you a whaling tune Rum-dum-dum-diddy-dum-diddy-dee I’ll bring you a whaling tune Rum-dum-dum-diddy-dum-diddy-dee I’ll bring you a whaling…tune Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-23-13
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Bahama 05:47
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BAHAMA Bound for the seas of Bahama The wind blowing full in our sail Chasing the spirit of freedom Like dolphin and whale Lost in the blue Caribbean A Triangle pirate I be A mariner’s eye makes a poor alibi For the sea Still, I am free High tide Oh, what a ride for a sailor Caught in the waltzing of water As stars in the sky dip and dive It makes you feel good To be there and be so alive A toast made to Davey Jones’ locker A drink from a bottle of rum The burn of the line As it creases the edge of yer thumb No matter what ship ye be sailin’ No matter what port ye call home Ye hearty hearts answer the lure Of the mermaid and foam As long as ye roam High tide Oh, what a ride for a sailor Caught in the waltzing of water As stars in the sky dip and dive It makes you feel good To be there and be so alive High tide Oh, what a ride for a sailor Caught in the waltzing of water As stars in the sky dip and dive It makes you feel good To be there and be so alive We’re bound for the storms of Bahama Searchin’ fer treasures untold Down in the dark Of the deep there be silver and gold Good men who sail into danger Sturdy and stable and strong Risking their neck on a hurricane deck The day long Their lives for a song High tide Oh, what a ride for a sailor Caught in the waltzing of water As stars in the sky dip and dive... High tide Oh, what a ride for a sailor Caught in the waltzing of water As stars in the sky dip and dive It makes you feel good To be there and be so alive It makes you feel good To be there and be so alive It makes you feel good To be there and be so alive Quinton Patterson Briggs 11-19-03
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Summer's Here (Let's Make Love) 04:43
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SUMMER’S HERE (Let’s Make Love) Woke up this morning just in time To fill the blender With tequila, ice, and lime To see the ocean in your eyes To dive into that deep, blue paradise It’s summer Summer’s here, my Love It’s summer Let’s make love I went out walking on the beach Where lonely starfish Find those mermaids out of reach Then, I saw your lovely face Your eyes were shining In the light of our embrace It’s summer Summer’s here, my Love It’s summer Let’s make love Woke up this morning just in time T o watch you sleeping While I struggled with this rhyme I kissed you softly as you stirred Then you awakened and I knew you heard It’s summer Summer’s here, my Love It’s summer Let’s make love It’s summer Summer’s here, my Love It’s summer Let’s make love It’s summer It’s summer It’s summer Summer’s here Quinton Patterson Briggs 05-30-10
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Life Is Just a Water Ride (Love Is Just a Beach) 03:35
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LIFE IS JUST A WATER RIDE (Love Is Just a Beach) Beach Baby Island Girl Bahama Mama Precious Pearl Cast your caution to the wind Let your passions flow Throw your line and hook your dream And never let it go Deep water Rising tide Currents stirring Down inside Toss your sandals overboard Into the shiny sea Be my barracuda girl And help yourself to me Hidden treasure Within my reach Life is just a water ride Love is just a beach Beach Blanket Baby Sweet Island Pearl Jamaica...my heart spin My Hurricane Girl Cast your caution to the wind Let your passions flow Throw your line and hook your dream And never let it go Throw your caution carelessly Into the foamy brine Let your inhibitions go And I will make you mine Toss your panties overboard Into the briny foam Be my pirate port o’ call My hula haven home Be my princess port o’ call My hula heaven home Hidden treasure Within my reach Life is just a water ride Love is just a beach Quinton Patterson Briggs 06-01-10

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This a sort of a concept album. I had written a few songs about the ocean and the beach, I decided to explore creating an entire collection of tunes that shared this setting. The result is this album.

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released July 1, 2013

All songs written by QPB
Vocals & Guitars: QPB
Licensing: BLUE DOG TUNES for Kitchen Recordings, 2013

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Quinton Patterson Briggs Springfield, Missouri

Quinton Patterson Briggs is a singer/songwriter who has been making music for over forty years. His musical influences include Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, and John Stewart. He also taught literature and writing for thirty-five years. QPB has written over 500 songs, including "The Ballad of the Twin Towers" on display National September 11 Memorial and Museum at "Ground Zero" in NYC. ... more

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