Johnny

From the 2019 Kate Weekes album, 'Taken by Surprise', written by Kate Weekes at Malangen Resort, Norway. Performed by Kate Weekes and James Stephens at Burdock in Toronto, January 31st 2019.

Filmed by Imran Babur.

Johnny Lyrics:

I stand on the shore of a broken fjord
Frozen no more, this beckoning sea
My hand from yours was silently torn
While I was distracted by beckoning sea

Johnny says I my love for you will never come undone
and my heart still holds on to when you and I were one
But there will be no wedding bells and cloud now blocks the sun
for I have proved unfaithful to my darling, Johnny one

We built a boat, the two of us, the world ours to explore
The dreams we shared of traveling, to land at distant shores
When storms would blow upon us, you always used to say
"Just keep rowing Katie dear and we will find our way"

When our boat sank you said to me "Lets head toward the shore"
I promised I would follow, til I could swim no more
But as I swam the sirens called, I dared to look away
When I turned back, you had gone, I broke our love that day

Now I stand on the shore of a broken fjord
Frozen no more, this beckoning sea
My hand from yours was silently torn
While I was distracted by beckoning sea