Name: The Ray (acoustic)
Duration: P00H03M33S
Description: I wrote this song after I read a newspaper article about a woman in Florida who died after an Eagle ray jumped out of the water and struck her while she was on her boat with her family. This was the first song I wrote.

The Ray (acoustic)

from Street Side (acoustic) by Coldwater Road

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I wrote this song after I read a newspaper article about a woman in Florida who died after an Eagle ray jumped out of the water and struck her while she was on her boat with her family. This was the first song I wrote.

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The Ray – by Patrick Spencer

G C Em D7
G C Em D

Sometimes I get lost in confusion
I just keep up with it all
I'm buried in each moment passing
As it's blown up so big on the wall…..(hang)

It was a beautiful Florida morning
The water asleep on the bay
No clouds, no weather, no warning
That we wouldn't have sunshine today

And we road high over the water
I looked back at her and couldn't help smile
The sun lit her face like an angel
And we hadn't done this in a while

When that ray rose out of the water
She didn't have the time to turn her head
They went down to the deck like the thunder
By the time that I turned she was dead….. (hang)

(Instrumental)
G Em C D7
G Em C D

And I try to connect with the chaos
I couldn't understand where she had gone
As I stumbled through all of the questions
I couldn't understand what I'd done wrong

So I live everyday as I'm laughing
Nothing makes much sense and that is clear
And I never saw anything coming
When that damn thing left me standing here…… (hang)

Sometimes we live for tomorrow
Or watch them from high up above
But you never quite know what is flying
When you're way out on the bay with your love

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from Street Side (acoustic), released March 1, 2013
Lead vocals and guitar by Patrick Spencer, cello by Alex Hauka, backup vocals by Missy Cross.

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Coldwater Road Vancouver, British Columbia

Founded by Patrick Spencer in 2012, CwRoad gives folk music a reason to dance. Waltzing between love songs and foot-stomping murder ballads, there's a story for everyone. Their style reaches across Folk, Americana, Rock, and Country; like Don McLean sitting in with the Lumineers. Coldwater Road is a five-piece folk/rock group with rich harmonies and driving rhythm. ... more

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