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On Golden Sands (Penelope)

from All the Other Girls by Marissa Henry

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While Odysseus has been off getting nymphs and princesses to fall in love with him, his wife Penelope has been making time stand still at home in Ithaca. Draws on various parts of the epic, especially book 23.

lyrics

If I were drowning in the sea
You'd be the shore in my grateful eyes
If you could find your way back to me
I'd know your face, even in disguise

Chorus:
Come home, the tree is still in bloom
Leaves grow green on our bed
I'll wait, weaving at my loom
Binding time in the threads

At night I hide in my room and weep
Wondering when I will see your face
The goddess bathes my eyes in sleep
And in my dreams you are in this place

Chorus

On golden sands I will watch for you
I cannot fly like birds on high
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I

Chorus

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from All the Other Girls, released November 2, 2017

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Marissa Henry Berkeley, California

Marissa is a Classics Ph.D. student and singer-songwriter specializing in folk-pop adaptations of ancient Greek poetry played on toy instruments.

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