Departure Bay

The fading scent of summertime, arbutus trees and firs,
The glistening of rain-soaked moss, going to the Dairy Queen at dusk
Down narrow roads in autumn light
The salt air and the sawmills and the bars are full of songs and tears
To the passing of the tugboats and people with their big ideas
I just get home and then I leave again
It's long ago and far away
Now we're skimming stones and exchanging rings
And scattering and sailing from Departure Bay
The house was bare of Christmas ligths it came down hard that year
Outside in our overcoats drinking down to the bitter end
Tryng to make things right
Like my mother did
LAst year we were laughing , we sang in church so beautifully
Now, her perfume's on the bathtroom counter
And I'm sitting in the back pew cryng.
A song plays on the gramaphone and thoughts turn back to life
We took the long way to get back like driving over the Malahat
Now a seaplane drones and time has flown
I won't miss all the glaumor while my heart is beating and the lilacs bloom
But who know when I started
That I find a love an bring him home
Just get me there and one we will stay
a long time off and far away
Now we're skimming stones and exchanging rings
We scattering and diving in Departure Bay

("Departure Bay", Music by Diana Krall, lyrics by Diana Krall and Elvis Costello)
Diana Krall perdió a su madre y en vez de llorar sin ton ni son, decidió sentarse al piano y sacar todo lo que tenía adentro. El resultado fue "The girl in the other room". Elvis Costello comenta que ella tenía fragmentos de recuerdos dispersos en papelitos, hasta que el los junto y les dió coherencia. Diana compuso la música, y asi nació Departure Bay. A mí me parece como una calida y agridulce vuelta al hogar. Hablando de despellejadas, esta es la mejor que he escuchado en mucho tiempo...hasta percibo el olor del pino...