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Safely Through the Storm (Legend of the Gray Man)

from Taking You Out to See the Stars by Gray Rinehart

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A song about my "alter ego" (so to speak): the Gray Man, one of the most famous ghosts of the South Carolina Lowcountry. My old business cards related his legend as, "If you heed the Gray Man's warning, you make it safely through the storm."

(Second of the triad of songs related to some of my old stomping grounds.)

lyrics

Steel-grey clouds lie heavy on the horizon
Wind-whipped sand stings our skin and our eyes
The air is fresh but a mighty storm is brewing
Come stand on the dunes and watch the waters rise
Watch the waters rise


Chorus
Beware the gale and the hurricane that's coming
To batter and buffet and bludgeon and bruise the shore
But take heart if you see an apparition walking
If you heed his warning you'll make it safely through the storm
Safely through the storm


Two long years abroad, just come safe home again
One thought only uppermost in his mind
To hold his love in his arms, plight his troth and build a life
But horse and rider fell, drowned in the mire
Drowned in the mire

Chorus

She woke, perplexed, to the roar and raging storm-tide
And the news broke upon her like the fiercest lightning strike
Her one and only, lost forever somewhere along the creek
Her best beloved, her most adored, was never coming back
Never coming back

Chorus

His ghost arose with the squall and he made his way along
And came to her home in the darkest hour of night
His features were dim in the shrouded moon, but his voice was strong
And she fled the island and the storm in time to save her life
To save her life

Chorus

Repeat 1st Verse

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from Taking You Out to See the Stars, released June 23, 2022
Words and music by Gray Rinehart

Vocals by Gray Rinehart
Instrumentation by Mark Minervino

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Gray Rinehart writes science fiction, fantasy, assorted nonfiction, and the odd song. Or odd songs.

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