The Evening Tide

from I Stood Among Trees by Wes Tirey

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album
First Edition Compact Disc
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Simple, minimilast cardboard sleeve -- artwork by Seth Graham

Includes unlimited streaming of I Stood Among Trees via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

lyrics

The man on the moon is watching
He has his eyes open wide
The girls in the street are dancing
Hiking their skirts up high
The sailors, they're all drinking
Drinking cheap red wine
Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide

The drunkards are in the gutters
The beggars are beginning to cry
The sidewalk preacher is screaming
And waving his bible high
The actress in the alley is laughing
She says, "We're all gonna die"
Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide

Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide
Me and Maria go swimming
But we don't come out alive

Blackbirds scatter the rooftops
Children scatter the streets
All the babies are in their cradles
Softly and gently they sleep
The bearded prophet is speaking
He says, "The answer is inside"
Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide

Lost souls scatter the graveyard
Stars scatter the sky
All the soldiers are showing their war wounds
And bearing the stars and stripes
The gamblers are asleep in the barroom
With a deck of cards by their side
Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide

Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide
Me and Maria go swimming
But we don't come out alive

The band in the street is marching
Blowing their trumpets loud
The widowed wife is weeping
Like a drunken carnival clown
The sad-eyed poet is babbling
He says, "It's all a goddamn lie"
Me and Maria go swimming
Swimming in the evening tide

Me and Maria go swimming
But we don't come out alive

credits

from I Stood Among Trees, released February 22, 2013
Wes Tirey: Vocals, Guitar

Mixed, Mastered, & Engineered by Drew Thilmany at Echo Mountain Recording - Asheville, North Carolina

Copyright 2013 All rights reserved

license

about

Wes Tirey Asheville, North Carolina

Facebook

contact / help

Contact Wes Tirey

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Wes Tirey, you may also like:

Roll the Bones
by Shakey Graves

supported by 14 fans who also own “The Evening Tide”

Eu gosto tanto desse disco, que já comprei ele duas vezes! breno.vnt
go to album
conversations
by Snow Mantled Love

supported by 9 fans who also own “The Evening Tide”

Lovely voice, lovely songwriting. Keep it up. Josh Sharp
go to album
Sundowning at the Station
by Doc Feldman & the LD50

supported by 9 fans who also own “The Evening Tide”

Simply the best album of 2013. Period. Bucket Full of Nails
go to album
Headwaters
by Alexa Rose

Breathtakingly beautiful Americana bolstered by an assured sense of melody and razor-sharp lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 16, 2021
go to album
Too Many Souls
by Avi C. Engel

The haunting new record from Canadian folk artist Avi C. Engel bridges old and new traditions with a minimalist approach. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 24, 2024
go to album
Steady Away
by Chris Brain

The latest from the UK’s Chris Brain is a gorgeously wrought album of tender acoustic folk music. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2023
go to album
There Is A Home For You
by a Singer of Songs

supported by 7 fans who also own “The Evening Tide”

pure acoustic, beautiful melodies, clever lyrics, every song catches you in its own way. don't click by. give it ten minutes and you won't regret it viccaspak
go to album