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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Shark Pact Manifesto / Will Dockery & Rusty Wood
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:02:59 +0000
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>>>>>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3X3kC6nr4&t=7s
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shark Pact Manifesto written by Will Dockery (words) & Rusty Wood
>>>>>> (music)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shark Pact Manifesto
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > The law of the undertow
>>>>>> > it ends at the waterline.
>>>>>> > In the Summerville night
>>>>>> > not all of us can win.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > There we are
>>>>>> > where we never really were
>>>>>> > Here we are
>>>>>> > sidestepping the future.
>>>>>> > Smile at me
>>>>>> > while you stab me in the back.
>>>>>> > Smile at me
>>>>>> > make the moment last.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Standing near Ferry Landing
>>>>>> > wind stinging my eyes.
>>>>>> > Centuries reflect on the river
>>>>>> > as you smile from the sky.
>>>>>> > Shark Pact manifesto
>>>>>> > no one makes a sound.
>>>>>> > Silent waiting for the Tie Snake
>>>>>> > to drag us Underground
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I saw the river darken
>>>>>> > so green it turns to black
>>>>>> > With the sun fading away
>>>>>> > edge of Alabama on my back.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Here we are
>>>>>> > at the only place you'd allow
>>>>>> > There you go
>>>>>> > forcing my hand on
>>>>>> > this burning bridge now.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > There we are
>>>>>> > where we never really were
>>>>>> > Here we go
>>>>>> > sidestepping the future.
>>>>>> > Smile at me
>>>>>> > from out of the past
>>>>>> > Smile at me
>>>>>> > make it last.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > -Will Dockery
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3X3kC6nr4&t=7s
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shark Pact Manifesto written by Will Dockery (words) & Rusty Wood
>>>>>> (music)

Note to Harry Lime, the title/is,/ a bit of an homage to Orson Welles.

You probably remember that scene in one of his movies.