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From The South Bank To Soho

from Home Waters Live by Sam Carter

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    When Sam Carter envisioned his acclaimed fourth album Home Waters - released in the early throes of the pandemic - as 'a search for a sense of belonging and stability in unfamiliar territory', he couldn't have known how prescient that would turn out to be.

    Sam returns now with Home Waters Live, his first post-lockdown performance with the Home Waters Quartet, captured in exquisite studio-quality audio. This Bandcamp-exclusive album features a brand new version of the traditional English song Just As The Tide Was Flowing, as well as all the songs of Home Waters, alongside selected songs from Sam's back catalogue. The perfect audio companion to the online premiere of Home Waters In Concert, which airs on Bandcamp on 24th September, to coincide with the album release.

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  • Home Waters artwork woodcut print, designed and hand-printed to order by Sheffield artist John Pedder. Sold unframed, this landscape print measures around 25" by 13" (slightly bigger than a gatefold vinyl cover). Limited to 50 signed numbered editions.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Home Waters Live, Home Waters, How The City Sings, Live At The Union Chapel, The No Testament, Lumpy's Lullaby, Keepsakes, and Here In The Ground. , and , .

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lyrics

From the south bank to soho we stride through the night
And the fire between us never burned so bright
I pass her my jacket as we sidestep and twist
Through the streets and the masses but there's a turn we’ve missed

'Cos she’s a dream and still so young
With a whole world to discover
And I've been holding on in this town too long
I have to let her go because I love her

I’ve never felt such passion, I’ve never known such grace
As when we’re arm in arm and face to face
She says ‘oh take me home’ but I feel unsure
I can't think of this city as home anymore

I need to leave and begin to grieve
To make a change while I recover
It’s this wanderlust that bonded us
I have to let her go because I love her

Underground we stand between two platforms again
She'll soon be heading south while mine’s the northbound train
But I can't let it lie and she's clinging on too
I mouth a last goodbye as she slips from view

And if in time somewhere down the line
We come to run into each other
And she wants to know why I let her go
I had to let her go because I love her

How could I mend her? I was a broken man
How could she piece me together with those unsteady hands?
How at its worst was it all for the best?
How could it be such a curse when I felt so blessed?

I won’t pretend we were a perfect blend
It would’ve died one way or the other
But I feel regret and I won’t forget
How I let her go because I love her

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from Home Waters Live, released September 24, 2021

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