Somehow The Wonder Of Life Prevails Lyrics - Perils From The Sea - Mark Kozelek

I had a high school friend 

And he liked to hunt muskrats and rabbits 

And he liked to draw and he liked to listen Ian Gillan and Black Sabbath 

But one night outside a Canton, Ohio pool hall 

Something transpired and he stuck a man with a screwdriver, stole his har and he hauled 

He did three years in Tico Reformatory 

And the rumours of what went on in there were the most chilling horror stories 

Not long after he was set free 

He left his parent's house at 1am and wrapped his car around a tree 

And I was in Pacific Grove, California when I got the call 

I talked with his mother and his father and his brothers - I talked to them all 

About his love for heavy metal, his love for hunting and how good he could draw 

And I laid down next to my girlfriend Deena and like a child I bawled 

One Thanksgiving when I was pretty young 

Me and my dad got into it over something and we fought and he won 

And I went running barefoot off into the snow 

And I sought refuge at a neighbour's house and later that night I came home 

And in the midst of all the agonies, all the hardness I felt 

Somehow the wonder of life always prevailed 

And in the midst of all the awkwardness, all my growing pains 

Somehow the wonder of life always remained 

Every day I get out and I walk 

Every day I get on the phone to someone and I talk 

It's good to have friends who love you, who care and understand 

Who have your back, don't judge you, don't criticise or make remarks 

Every day for miles I walk 

Along the Monterrey Pines, the marina to Aquatic Park 

And I look at the Marin Headlands, Tiburon, Sausalito and Angel Island 

from the end of fishing pier 

And oh, I couldn't ask for more 

My eyes couldn't ever want for more 

And oh, I watch the seagulls fly 

For half my life I've watched the ferry boats and the barges go by 

This February it'll be the 10th year anniversary of when I lost a friend to cancer and there's times when I still can't believe it 

But I'm so grateful for all the time we got to spend 

In Pescadero, Point Reyes, Mendocino, San Rafael and Fairfax 

Though I'm reminded of her passing especially when it rains 

Somehow the wonder of life always remains 

And every Christmas I get pictures of her growing daughter 

And her face looks more and more and more and more and more and more like her mother 

Spent this Thanksgiving in seat 21E of an SAS airplane flying over the Baltic and the North Sea 

On my way home from Stockholm and Malmo and Gottenburg and Copenhagen 

All I could think of in my seat was getting back home to my girlfriend She'd be away til Saturday or Sunday 

Down in Orange County with her family for the holiday 

But it's alright, I can't cry, can't complain 

Because I'm just about to land in a 7-thirty-7 airplane 

Looking down at the city of Martinez and the Carkinas Strait 

And that San Francisco Pacific Ocean and North Bay 

And at the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges and the many boats that sail 

And the wonder of life always prevails 

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