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Swept Away

from Playin' On My Team by Jay Spears

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lyrics

SWEPT AWAY © 2005 Jay Spears Music ASCAP

Playin’ hooky from work, hikin’ up the North Fork made us feel like boys again
Skinny dippin’ in the ice-cold North Fork waters made us look like boys again.
We stood on the rocks playin’ catch with our socks and our chattering teeth all grins
You decided to take a last dip for the day and you plunged head-first back in.
It was beautiful to see, no one there but you and me,
How could we have known that in a moment you would be swept away.

You plunged back in to the mighty North Fork with a stroke both sure and strong
But I could tell by the look on your wide-eyed face that something had gone wrong
The North Fork wrapped its icy fingers around your chest that day
When our eyes met I started to sweat and all I could do was pray.
‘Cause in an instant I could see, we were helpless you and me,
You were fighting the mighty river but you couldn’t keep from bein’ swept away.

And I ran down the bank screamin’ your name
You were fightin’ the river, you were lookin’ at me
I tore through the brush screamin’ your name
I fell on the rocks, you were lookin’ at me
The last thing I could see, you turned away from me,
Quit fightin’ the mighty river, and allowed yourself to be swept away.


Don’t know how long I lay there stunned in shock and disbelief
I knew I had to go for help but I was paralyzed by grief.
Next thing ya know there you were standing over me
Like an angel, resurrected, all scraped up with a bloody knee.

And we both grabbed tight in a cold wet clinch, Laughin’ or cryin’ I couldn’t tell which.

You told me the North Fork flattened out about a quarter mile down or so,
When you got there, just a few strong strokes and the North Fork let you go.
Bloody and dirty we lay in a pool and bathed our weary bones,
Dried off in the sun, found our clothes, got dressed and limped off home.

Sometimes you gotta turn away from the ones you love & the guys you’ve always known
Put your face down in that raging river and strike off on your own.
We never told a single soul what happened to us that day
Playin’ hooky up the mighty North Fork, when you were swept away.
But you saved yourself you see, when you turned away from me,
Quit fighting the mighty river and allowed yourself to be swept away.

It’s the part I’ll always see, when you turned away from me,
Quit fightin' the mighty river and allowed yourself to be swept away.

credits

from Playin' On My Team, released September 12, 2006
Harmonica: Ken Deifik
Harmony vocals: Mark Harelik, Mark Herrier, Paul Hobbs

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Jay Spears Los Angeles, California

Native L.A. singer-songwriter Jay Spears' debut CD "BOY HOWDY" features humorous, boy-meets-boy pop tunes with titles like I LIKE MIKE and CRYIN' OVER BRIAN.
Jay's sophomore CD "PLAYIN ON MY TEAM" includes the full-choir gospel rocker, SMAK DEM CHRISTIANS DOWN, the video for which has over 80,000 views on youtube.
Now here comes his third CD: We Are All Born Lucky.
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