Bob McKillop: Music

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This is the first song that I wrote after moving to Portland, Maine; I found myself gazing at Casco Bay from the Eastern Promenade, and fell in love with the city. This song followed soon afterwards.

Bob - acoustic guitar, vocals /
Alan Dickson - bass, mandolin /
Jeff Trippe - fiddle /
Vanessa Torres - backing vocals /
Jason Ingalls - drums

Verse 1

Up on the Eastern Promenade
I cast into the deep blue sea
Those demons commandeering me
One Portland afternoon

Verse 2

A mainsail snapped out on the bay
In a wind of opportunity
That blew away the fear in me
One Portland afternoon


Bridge

I stood just beyond the crest of Munjoy Hill
That sunshine lingers in my heart
And the breeze is with me still
Great Diamond Island
And the distant blue horizon
Set my mind to ponderin’
A young man’s dreams of wanderin’
That thirty years of boredom couldn’t kill


Verse 3

Quiet desperation fades
When you embrace your destiny
It all became quite clear to me
One Portland Afternoon