Gregg Allman Band Ocean Awash The Gunwale with Lyrics in Description

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Track 5 from his fourth album, “Just Before The Bullets Fly” copyright 1988 Epic Records. His best solo album, in my opinion, with strong material and the band performing at their peak. Dan Toler’s emotional guitar playing and unique sound are a highlight that I feel should have made this album more successful. The Allman Brothers Band would reunite the following year for a summer tour to celebrate their twentieth anniversary. That reunion would lead to them signing with Epic and releasing a string of new albums, beginning with “Seven Turns” in 1990. Written by Gregg Allman, Dan Toler & Tony Colton and produced by Rodney Mills.
RIP Dan Toler, Bruce Waibel, David Toler & Gregory Lenoir Allman. Featuring:

Gregg Allman – Lead vocals & Hammond B-3 organ
“Dangerous” Dan Toler – Lead & rhythm guitars, keyboards on “Night Games”
Tim Heding – Keyboards & background vocals
Bruce Waibel – Bass & background vocals
David “Frankie” Toler – Drums
Chaz Trippy – Percussion

Our lives are hanging in the balance
Oh, they're dangling by a thread
A spark of life brought down from an angel
To raise the stranger from the dead

Once more we're cheating on the Reaper
With all the gypsy still in our souls
'Cause I know there's a God up in Heaven
Who must love rock 'n' roll

Once again we sail home to Sarasota
As the ocean awash the gunwale
And she still keeps her head above water
Guess we'll all live to tell this tale

And here's to you for always hangin' in
Without you there's no reason to go
I'd be lying face down in some river
Awaiting angels to take me back home

Once again we sail home for Sarasota
The ocean awash the gunwale
She still keeps her head above water
Guess we'll all live to tell this tale

Again we sail home to Sarasota
The ocean's awash the gunwale
She still keeps her head above water
Guess we'll all live to tell this tale