When the motor stops, I can't sleep.
There's nothing so quiet as a boat under anchor,
And the black amnesias in heaven are lighting the Sea of Cortez.
All the wishing sounds,

And kissing sounds are all missing sound in a boat alone,
Without a spring after winter and a fall over summer.
Is there anyone else alive outside?
So vulgar to send these brakes to the bend on the empty blue side of the moon.

Where you broke your body,
You kept on wandering
And I'm still listening but your still drowning.
You broke your body,

Before I could get to you.
The dew soaks the deck like the breeze hits your neck,
And its morning when your hair finds your eyes.
Mourning eyes.

California can't see the sun rise.
We're both firesigns dragging our line's line,
Only magic to have a crack in the wire.
And California won't see another Sunday,

As the poets say, "the ice will bar the way".


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The Sea of Cortez Lyrics as written by David S Von Bohlen Daniel John Didier

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    ALOT- LISTEN TO HOW HE SINGS IT- ITS HOT- HES PUT ALOT OF EMOTION IN THE SHIT- I THINK HES TALKING ABOUT A GIRL- IS THAT OBVIOUS-
    mark_asson April 25, 2002   Link
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    I generally only like bands who write lyrics that make sense...but this is a good song.
    like you meant iton June 06, 2003   Link
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    what poet said "the ice will bar the way"?
    theDubScouton May 21, 2005   Link
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    just an interesting comment on this song is that he says "california can't see the sun rise" in "between pacific coasts" another song on 30 degrees everywhere.
    sean7711on May 31, 2006   Link
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    davey uses a lot of the same lyrics over through his songs.
    We Are Scientists!on June 20, 2006   Link
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    such a raw song
    BearsAndBeetson June 04, 2010   Link

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