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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Swept Away Original Broadway Cast
Swept Away Original Broadway Cast
Performer
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers
Performer
Adrian Blake Enscoe
Adrian Blake Enscoe
Lead Vocals
Wayne Duvall
Wayne Duvall
Lead Vocals
Stark Sands
Stark Sands
Lead Vocals
John Gallagher Jr.
John Gallagher Jr.
Lead Vocals
Will Van Dyke
Will Van Dyke
Piano
Yuka Tadano
Yuka Tadano
Double Bass
Daniel Berkery
Daniel Berkery
Drums
Kevin Ramessar
Kevin Ramessar
Electric Guitar
Matt Deitchman
Matt Deitchman
Acoustic Guitar
Anna Parks
Anna Parks
Violin
Caleb Burhans
Caleb Burhans
Viola
Allison Seidner
Allison Seidner
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robert William Jr. Crawford
Robert William Jr. Crawford
Songwriter
Scott Avett
Scott Avett
Songwriter
Timothy Seth Avett
Timothy Seth Avett
Songwriter
Brian Usifer
Brian Usifer
Arranger
Chris Miller
Chris Miller
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brian Usifer
Brian Usifer
Producer
Chris Miller
Chris Miller
Producer
Will Van Dyke
Will Van Dyke
Producer
Gigi Pritzker
Gigi Pritzker
Producer
Ian Kagey
Ian Kagey
Recording Engineer
Oscar Zambrano
Oscar Zambrano
Mastering Engineer
Piotr Garbaczonek
Piotr Garbaczonek
Assistant Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
To my darling Melody Anne, we shall not meet again
By the time you read this, I will be dead
[Verse 1]
It's hard to believe
I won't see you again
We were just fighting when winter began
The coldness of our words
Competing with the wind from the north
[Verse 2]
Still, they make me shiver, but in a very different way
The pages of the calendar kept turning away
I have some better words now
But it's too late to say them to you
[Verse 3]
My dream of all dreams
And my hope of all hopes
Is only to tell you and make sure you know
How much I love you and how much I always did
[Verse 4]
And yes, I know you loved me, I could see it in your eyes
And it was in your struggle and it was in your mind
And it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid
[Bridge]
To my wife, I have led my ship into the teeth of a squall
My entire crew is dead but for we four in the lifeboat
All those other good men dead and drowned, and I did not have the grace to die with them
I never had any grace
[Chorus]
But now I understand
And now my only chance
To talk to you is through my prayers
I only wanted to tell you I cared
[Verse 5]
Final words to my dear mother and father
I will not let my brother die alone
[Verse 6]
Every night after and every day since
I find myself crying when the memory hits
Sometimes it knocks me down
Sometimes I can just put it away
[Verse 7]
Down in my mind, where I don't care to go
The pain of a lesson is letting me know
If you have love in your heart
Let it show while you can
[Chorus]
Yes, now I understand
But now my only chance to talk to you is
To talk to you is through my prayers
I only wanted to tell you
I only wanted to tell you
I only wanted to tell you
I only wanted to tell you I cared
[Outro]
And who do I write to? The sporting ladies and dockside whores?
There is no one awaiting my last words, nobody to sing along with my peculiar threnody
No tears for me, this is the life I have made
Written by: Robert William Jr. Crawford, Scott Avett, Timothy Seth Avett

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