Song For Dana Lok
John Vanderslice * Track #3 On Dagger Beach
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Album Dagger Beach
- #1Raw Wood
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- #2Harlequin Press
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- #3Song For Dana Lok
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- #4How the West Was Won
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- #5Damage Control
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- #6Song for the Landlords of Tiny Telephone
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- #7Gaslight
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- #8Sleep It Off
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- #9Sonogram
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- #10North Coast Rep
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Song For Dana Lok by John Vanderslice
Performed by
John VandersliceSong For Dana Lok Lyrics
The red band stretches out
Across the Farallones dagger beach
Bay windows with victorian glass
And power lines that carried the telegraph
I taste salt on my tongue
I will stay strong
I will not be undone
The sound of the Alemany Market
Is future sound
And I sighed in relief
When bitter greens dropped to a dollar a pound
And night dropped the floor
Opened up a small wooden door
I taste salt on my tongue
I will not be undone
Song For Dana Lok Q&A
What did John Vanderslice say about "Song For Dana Lok"?
In a 2013 interview with PopMatters, John Vanderslice explained that this song was written for a new love interest, whom he met shortly after going through a traumatic breakup:
About a year from this breakup that I had with my then-wife I met someone named Dana Lok, who I fell intensely in love wit...