Swedish Waters
Swedish Waters is a release by Mike Vernell. Stream it on every major platform or read the story behind the song on mikevernell.com.
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Lyrics
Summer in Stockholm
I watch the sunrise kiss the palace stones
Old town waking up on its cobblestones
From juggling trees to sudden warm skies
The city's coming alive with summer in its eyes
Do you feel that island there
Salt and birch are everywhere
Are you ready? Let it in again
Take my hand now, here it comes
As the city sings within
Summer in Stockholm, yeah oh yeah
The night stays bright and the water starts to glow
Every street is singing
Let it flow
Summer in Stockholm, yeah oh yeah
Another light that never lets me go
Summer in Stockholm
Boats like letters scattered on the sea
This city speaks in ways, it welcomes me
Cafes in the alleys open like a smile
Every little corner wears its Nordic style
Do you feel that island there
Salt and birch are everywhere
Are you ready? Let it in again
Take my hand now, here it comes
The city sings within
Summer in Stockholm, yeah oh yeah
The night stays bright and the water starts to glow
Every street is singing, Let it flow
Summer in Stockholm, yeah oh yeah
Another light that never lets me go
Summer in Stockholm
On every bridge a story still remains
In every ferry homes its sweet refrain
You said this city feels like home
Now it beats in every skyline dome
Heart of the North forever known
Oh yeah
Summer in Stockholm, yeah oh yeah
The night stays bright and the water starts to glow
Every street is singing, Let it flow
Summer in Stockholm, yeah oh yeah
Another light that never lets me go
Summer in Stockholm, yeah
Summer in Stockholm
Summer in Stockholm, yeah, yeah
Islands in the Blue
Ferry leaves the city right on time
A thousand little islands down the line
Vaxholm in the sunshine, flags up high
Coffee and a bun as the sails go by
Can you smell the sea and pine?
Summer's got us feeling fine
Are you coming?
Throw the line, take my hand now
Off we go, where the blue horizons shine
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
We go island hopping all the way
Sun on the cliffs, and the salt in the spray
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
Gonna stay out here till the light fades away
Islands in the blue
We drop the anchor in a quiet bay
Kids are diving off the rocks all day
Grind up in the evening, fires blow
Sand dam in the morning, off we go
Can you smell the sea and pine
Summer's got us feeling fine
Are you coming?
Throw the line, take my hand now
Off we go, where the blue horizons shine
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
We go island hopping all the way
Sun on the cliffs, and the salt in the spray
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
Gonna stay out here till the light fades away
Islands in the blue
A thousand islands, every one a friend
This summer's found a way to never end
When the city's far behind us in the water still
Time slows down out here, it always will
One more island, waiting past the sign
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
We go island hopping all the way
Sun on the cliffs, and the salt in the spray
Islands in the blue, la-la-lay
Gonna stay out here till the light fades away
Islands in the blue, la-la-la
Islands in the blue, la-la-la
Night Sail to Gotland
We slip the harbor as the sun goes down
Leave the mainland lights behind the town
Canvas full of evening, compass glow
Eighty miles of open sea to go
Stars are coming out tonight
We sail by landing light
Hold the course now
Steady hand
By morning we'll be standing on the Gotland sand
Through the night, oh
Sailing for the island where the roses grow
Moon on the water showing where to go
Through the night, oh
Visby in the morning will be worth it all
I know, through the night we go
Lighthouse blinks a promise off the bow
Nobody's sleeping, we're wide awake for now
Coffee in the cockpit, stories flow
The Baltic hums a rhythm soft and low
Stars are coming out tonight
We sail by landing light
Hold the course now
Steady hand
By morning we'll be standing on the Gotland sand
Through the night, oh
Sailing for the island where the roses grow
Moon on the water showing where to go
Through the night, oh
Visby in the morning will be worth it all
I know, through the night we go
Oh yeah
Then at dawn we see the tower line
The old town walls are standing in the shine
Some roads are made of water, not of stone
And this one leads us somewhere all its own
By sunrise we'll be home
Through the night
Through the night
Through the night we go
Sailing for the island where the roses grow
Moon on the water showing where to go
Through the night, oh
Oh, Visby in the morning will be worth it all
I know, through the night we go
West Coast Wind
We took the boat from Gothenburg at dawn
The western sky kept rolling us along
Granite islands shining pink and grey
A salty wind was showing us the way
Skagerrak is wide today
Are you hungry? Shrimp and lime
Kungshamn's waiting and the sun's got time
West coast wind, hey-oh-hey
Blowing every little worry far away
Smögen boardwalk glowing in the summer day
West coast wind, hey-oh-hey
We could live like this forever and a day
West coast wind
Fresh fish in Lysekil, the boats in line
The cliffs of Bohuslän in evening shine
Music from the pier as the day winds down
The best of summer's living in this town
Skagerrak is wide today
Are you hungry? Shrimp and lime
Kungshamn's waiting and the sun's got time
West coast wind, hey-oh-hey
Blowing every little worry far away
Smögen boardwalk glowing in the summer day
West coast wind, hey-oh-hey
We could live like this forever and a day
West coast wind
From Marstrand fortress to the Smögen quay
The water writes the story of the day
When the sun goes down on Bohuslän
The granite keeps the warmth, and so do friends
We'll sail this coast again
West coast wind, he~y-oh-hey
Blowing every little worry far away
Smögen boardwalk glowing in the summer day
West coast wind, he~y-oh-hey
We could live like this forever and a day
West coast wind, he~y-oh-hey