This song has some imagery related to the Eastern Promenade here in Portland, Maine.
Bio
Lyrics
Hey! Can you really see the sun when it’s rising in the East,
light falling on the trees and the houses on the hill
birds sitting on the lines or they’re flying to the trees that are growing on the hill
and they’re calling out the sounds
the sounds
Hey! Can you really see the sun when it’s lighting up the sky
and the sea behind the hill, and the islands in the sea, ships moving in the bay
but they don’t make a sound. They don’t make a sound.
Chorus
Hey! Can we really see?
Over the ocean or on down the street?
Hey! Is there empathy?
For a person you have yet to meet?
Hey! Can you really see the clouds that are moving in the sky
and the dark side of the clouds become shadows on the ground.
Are the shadows on the ground really people in the street?
And the streets get cold if the light can’t reach.
So don’t let your house block the light that could power all the ships
or the shops on the street
And don’t block the vote for the town to fix the bridge
or build a school that all the kids could reach.
Hey! Can you really see the waves that are crashing on the beach
and they’re crashing on the walls under houses on the hill
and they really make some sound. They really make some sound.
Hey! Can you really hear the sound of the children on the beach
when they’re jumping in the waves or they’re running on the sand
sand sparkles in the sun after ocean coats the land
coats the land
and the kids are building walls for their castles in the sand
waves crashing on the walls
waves crashing on the beach and they’re crashing on a town
with the houses on the hill
and the sea behind the hill
ships moving in the bay
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