Selling Rope (Swan Dive to Estuary)

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Mark Schoeck, Ludlow] As I swan dive into the estuary The birds do not flinch at my fall They perch in the rafters, before, during, after They do not notice me at all As I float down into the estuary Wind cases my body in cool I smell petrol fumes, see the smoke rise in plumes The earth is one big fireball The earth is one big fireball [Chorus: Josh Noble & Maria Noble Kloess] Anecdote, lie, my own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high, my own alibi I've been selling ropе [Verse 2: Schoeck, Ludlow] As I break the film of the еstuary The seaweed submerges my form No passing cars stop, not a single jaw drops As my wallet and keys sink before A splash all I left in the world [Chorus: Noble & Noble Kloess] Anecdote, lie, my own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high, my own alibi I've been selling rope [Verse 3: Schoeck, Ludlow] Once held a magpie in the palm of my hand And the blood in our veins flowed faster, as I'd planned Got a heart full of love and a head full of more But a fist full of threads from the seams And I saw a smile in that beak [Chorus: Noble & Noble Kloess] Anecdote, lie, my own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high, my own alibi I've been selling rope [Bridge: Schoeck, Noble & Noble Kloess] Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Anecdote, lie, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been telling jokes) Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Piled notes high, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been selling rope) [Instrumental Break] [Bridge: Schoeck, Noble & Noble Kloess] Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Anecdote, lie, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been telling jokes) Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again (Piled notes high, my own alibi) I've been telling jokes while selling rope to you (I've been selling rope) [Outro: Ludlow] There's no ticker-tape, no pearly gates No carnival and no parade Just one, one for sorrow There's no ticker-tape, no pearly gates No carnival and no parade Just one, one for sorrow