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Noah's Archive

from Cheshire Ghosts by Pete Rand

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Ramlee's biblical epic lyric brings the Noah story up to date

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Forty days and forty nights, forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights, forty days and forty nights

I still remember pickin’ up the phone, and I could tell this guy’s a baritone. He started…
“It’s my sad duty to inform you all today, your darker lusts have lead you all astray.”
“I tried forgiveness but the evil in you grew, there isn’t any more that I can do.”
“Corrupt and greedy, you’re a symphony of sin. All bets are off so let the end begin.”

“Something ‘edgy’, nothing boring or routine, a spectacle the world has never seen.”
“An epoch-ending, calamitous event, ‘beyond redemption’ level punishment.”
“Don’t sugar coat it, I hate it when you’re vague. Perhaps a good old-fashioned locust plague?”
“I’ll do the thinking!”, and then he cleared his throat. “And Noah, you my lad must build a boat!”

Two of every creature, every animal and beast, one and all from big to small, from greatest to the least
Heaven has no favorites, all are welcome on this barge, pack only essentials, cos’ you won’t be livin’ large

“Oh Darling…it sounds so romantic…like cruising the Greek islands…Can we visit Santorini?”

I hung the phone up and I poured myself a drink, I chugged that bottle ‘til I couldn’t think
But in the morning I remembered what he’d said, I found the courage to get out of bed
300 cubits, 50 wide and 30 high, my doubt is growing as the days go by
I must be crazy, clinically insane, then out of nowhere comes the driving rain

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink, radio is broken and the T.V.s on the blink
Stuck inside this barrel, moldy bread and cony stew, I'm jealous of the dead compared to what we’re goin’ through

“Noah, can we stop somewhere to take some photos darling?…Oh, I think you're gettin' a tan...How long is this cruise again?”

More than a year that we've been captives on this ark, it's just like god to keep us in the dark
And then a miracle the barge has hit a reef, the dove returns holding an olive leaf
A chance to rid ourselves of wickedness and vice, and turn this world into a paradise
Somewhat the wiser I can confidently claim, the more things change the more they stay the same

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from Cheshire Ghosts, released January 1, 2023
Ramlee Oak - Vocals
Steve Johnson - Bass / Drums
Peter Rand - Guitar / Keys

Mix - Ramlee Oak

Lyric - Ramlee Oak
Music - Peter Rand

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