Text:
"Kate in the Haze of the Rum"

Lyrics:

Wind and rain at his back
Soak his funeral coat and the brim of his hat
Jug of rum
Brooding clouds of gray rats
Swarm 'round the row of brothels
Lit by rotten paper lamps

There she stands in her black evening gown
And only her hands have aged
Through the haze of the rum
Once a fool so in love
For the first time
He finally sees her face

And so he smiles as if at a memory
At a ghost or photograph
Pours another glass of rum
Says, "to you, dear, the mother of my sons"
To her delicate and wicked little laugh

Rain tears through the crying cypress trees
Their tears as bittersweet
As he is exhausted
Drunk
And relieved

For she is gone
Finally gone
Forever gone
And he is free

Komposition – Stephanie Nilles
Klavier, Orgel, Gesang, Perkussion, Melodica, Geige und Gesang – Stephanie Nilles
Klarinette, Kornett, Alt- und Tenorsaxofon, Tuba, Kontrabass, Gitarre, Penny Whistle, Gesang – Thomas Deakin
Bratsche – Allan Nilles

Aus der Hörspiel-Serie "Jenseits von Eden" nach dem Roman von John Steinbeck
Produktion: NDR 2021
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https://www.ndr.de/jenseitsvoneden