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Passing Through

from Downhauler by Marc Douglas Berardo

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I met Michael in the bar of the Narragansett Inn on Block Island, RI. We drank while the storm gathered. He said a lot of things that made sense.

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The afternoon of the storm I stood on sunset hill
Looking through the pouring rain as the Great Salt Pond was filled
BEYOND the point the sea was wild
And the gulls were diving down Into the churning spray Of the block island Sound

Michael was from an island family Lived here most his life
I met him in the hotel national We talked into the night
But just before twi-light faded As we watched the storm return to sea
He stopped to collect his thoughts This is what he said to me’

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“The more you live the more you learn
Winds will always blow and tides will turn
But we are only temporary and like this storm
We are only passing through”


Michael had a wife and two children Ran charter boats from salt bay
After sixty years of making plans He is living for today
He said: “With the storms come the changes
This rock is only shifting sand
When I was a boy that shallow harbor Used to be dry land

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Waves will beat the shore Wind will blow
Time will erase all footprints When we go
the world will keep turning on and on
the world will keep turn on the sun when we are gone

Michael said
Memories are photographs
in black and in white
the shape of the world is what you know until another storm ignites
Ferry boats will keep arriving The people here will come and go
And from my point of view on the stool That is all you really need to know

Ch
“Changes that come
when the storm does blow
it is the maker’s way to let you know
We are only temporary …temporary
We are only passing through”

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from Downhauler, released February 22, 2011
Liam Bailey-Fiddle, Banjo
MDB-Gtr, Vocals
Paul Triff-Drums
Arturo Baguer-Bass
Chris Berardo-Vocals
Mitchel Apatow-Handclaps

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Marc Douglas Berardo Westerly, Rhode Island

Marc Douglas Berardo combines songs that mine lessons gleaned from real life situations presence that uses humor and storytelling to lead an audience into an almost spiritual experience. It’s brings to mind James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark or Steely Dan with a hint of Mark Twain or Hunter S.Thompson. It’s a night of laughter and emotion that gives the audience a renewed sense of possibility. ... more

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