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"Merriam-Webster defines serendipity as the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. Carl Jung said that the meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. You do the math. Written in December 1996." - Brian

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I wrote you a letter
That said "My darling I'm lost at sea.
Help me navigate the water
To the Harbour of St. Serendipity."

Two scorpions on a lonely shore
A friendship on the sand
By chance we found each other
When the smoke had cleared fate had played her hand

I didn't really want to know you
Cause I knew things would never be the same
When my heart cried out did you hear me?
Did you understand you are my everything?

I wrote you a letter
That said "My darling I'm lost at sea.
Help me navigate the water
To the Harbour of St. Serendipity."

On the island you live so free
On the island do you think of me?
Separated it's easy to forget
Remember our kiss with no regrets

You'll never let me just take care of you
Just to hold you and let me keep you safe
If you will let me walk beside you
That's all I need the rest of my days

I wrote you a letter
That said "My darling I'm lost at sea.
Help me navigate the water
To the Harbour of St. Serendipity."

credits

from Hanging On For Dear Life (The 20th Century Demos Volume 1), released October 26, 2000
All words and music by Brian McKnight (ASCAP), Tragical Mirth Music
Copyright 1998
Recording copyright 2000

Produced by Brian McKnight
Engineered by Phil Mehaffey

Aaron Stiles: drums, handclaps
The University Wits: handclaps
Brian McKnight: acoustic guitars, piano, bass, vocals

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The Baker Street Irregulars Chicago, Illinois

Somewhere between Plastic Ono and Rolling Thunder, THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS bring an LGBTQ twist to the classic folk/folk rock/indie milieu. Brian McKnight – the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist at the center of this one-man-band – enlists the aid of the occasional musician (thus the irregular line-up) to record original songs that are at once deeply personal and entirely universal. ... more

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