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The Sound of the Sea

by Mary Lee's Corvette

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This track is from the upcoming, as-yet-untitled Mary Lee's Corvette album.

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THE SOUND OF THE SEA (words & music by Mary Lee Kortes)

I listen to the sound
I listen to the sound
I listen to the sound of the sea
Waves come back around
Past and present bound
As I listen to the sound of the sea

Little shanty town
Glistens like a crown
Memories abound in the deep
See the shanty town
How many have drown
Listening to the sound of the sea

It sounds like one note searching for another
It feels like music waiting to be born
Ripples in my soul beat with the water
On the shore

Gonna wash my soul
Let a half be whole
As I listen to the sound of the sea

I wonder where you went
Beauty still unspent
Wasted in the end on a breeze

Drowning in your depths
Currents and regrets
Echo in the sound of the sea

I signal to my mother and my father
My eyes flash like a lighthouse on the beach
I hear the songs of ghosts under the water
Within reach

They promise everything
Bait upon a string
Listen to the sound of the sea

I’m looking for a line
To finally define
What is and isn’t mine
It’s blurred on the shoreline…
As I listen to the sounds of the sea

Tide comes back around
Past and present bound

credits

released February 4, 2022
Mary Lee’s Corvette
The Sound of the Sea
Music and Lyrics by Mary Lee Kortes
Produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel
Engineered by Mario Viele
Recorded at Cowboy Technical Services, Brooklyn, New York

MUSICIANS
Mary Lee Kortes, lead and background vocals
Andy York, electric guitar
Rod Hohl, acoustic guitar
Jeremy Chatzy, bass guitar
Phil Cimino, drums
Joe Chiofalo, accordion
Cody Nilsen, pedal steel guitar

ARTWORK
Cover photo: Leslie Lyons
Cover design: Christopher Bryson

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Mary Lee Kortes New York, New York

"Songs so meticulously crafted they sound completely natural". Jon Pareles, The New York Times
“Mary Lee Kortes's voice—the high mountain sunshine of Dolly Parton with a sweet-iron undercoat of Chrissie Hynde." David Fricke, Rolling Stone
"Mary Lee in concert... a feast for lovers of great songwriting that thrives in live performance for its wit, insight and glowing humanity." Billboard
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