Last Harbor - Revision history

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	* ''[[1984-1995]]''		* ''[[1984-1995]]''
	* ''[[The Ugly American]]'' <small>Mark Eitzel - alternate version</small>		* ''[[The Ugly American]]'' <small>Mark Eitzel - alternate version</small>
			* ''[[Our First Trip to Nottingham]]'' <small>Live version</small>
			* ''[[Solo Acoustic Live 2005-2007]]'' <small>Mark Eitzel - live version</small>

	==References==		==References==

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	'''"Last Harbor"''' is the 12th and last song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ''[[California]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] recorded a live acoustic version for his 1991 ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' album, and a studio version re-made with [[Manolis Famellos]] and a group of Greek traditional musicians for 2003's ''[[The Ugly American]]''.		'''"Last Harbor"''' is the 12th and last song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ''[[California]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] recorded a live acoustic version for his 1991 ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' album, and a studio version re-made with [[Manolis Famellos]] and a group of Greek traditional musicians for 2003's ''[[The Ugly American]]''.

	In a 1989 interview with ''Unhinged'', Eitzel said, "I like Eugene O'Neill a lot and there's two references to 'last harbor' in ''Long Days Journey Into Night'' and also in ''The Iceman Cometh''. He was obsessed with the last harbor because he used to take ships and in ''The Iceman Comet'' which is about alcoholism and living a lie, the last harbor is like a place of disaster, a place to end up in. In ''Long Days Journey Into Night'' the last harbor is a place of transcendence. At first the song was 'Snug Harbor' or 'Safe Harbor', but I was reading Eugene O'Neill so it became '[[Last Harbor]]'. But I left it open to sound like the last harbor too, because this person I'm confronting with myself is like - are you going to be it? It's like using the words to 3 different levels if I can but it's not morbid. It's a sad song because it's from a sad place, but most of my stuff is sad. I mean did they ask Turner if he was a sad person?"<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://americanmusicclub.com/index.php?title=Articles:Unhinged_-_Winter_1989 \| work=Unhinged \| date=Winter 1989 \| author=Drew \| title=American Music Club \| accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref>		In a 1989 interview with ''Unhinged'', Eitzel said, "I like Eugene O'Neill a lot and there's two references to 'last harbor' in ''Long Days Journey Into Night'' and also in ''The Iceman Cometh''. He was obsessed with the last harbor because he used to take ships and in ''The Iceman Comet'' which is about alcoholism and living a lie, the last harbor is like a place of disaster, a place to end up in. In ''Long Days Journey Into Night'' the last harbor is a place of transcendence. At first the song was 'Snug Harbor' or 'Safe Harbor', but I was reading Eugene O'Neill so it became 'Last Harbor'. But I left it open to sound like the last harbor too, because this person I'm confronting with myself is like - are you going to be it? It's like using the words to 3 different levels if I can but it's not morbid. It's a sad song because it's from a sad place, but most of my stuff is sad. I mean did they ask Turner if he was a sad person?"<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://americanmusicclub.com/index.php?title=Articles:Unhinged_-_Winter_1989 \| work=Unhinged \| date=Winter 1989 \| author=Drew \| title=American Music Club \| accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	'''"Last Harbor"''' is the 12th and last song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ''[[California]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] recorded a live acoustic version for his 1991 ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' album, and a studio version re-made with [[Manolis Famellos]] and a group of Greek traditional musicians for 2003's ''[[The Ugly American]]''.		'''"Last Harbor"''' is the 12th and last song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ''[[California]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] recorded a live acoustic version for his 1991 ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' album, and a studio version re-made with [[Manolis Famellos]] and a group of Greek traditional musicians for 2003's ''[[The Ugly American]]''.

			In a 1989 interview with ''Unhinged'', Eitzel said, "I like Eugene O'Neill a lot and there's two references to 'last harbor' in ''Long Days Journey Into Night'' and also in ''The Iceman Cometh''. He was obsessed with the last harbor because he used to take ships and in ''The Iceman Comet'' which is about alcoholism and living a lie, the last harbor is like a place of disaster, a place to end up in. In ''Long Days Journey Into Night'' the last harbor is a place of transcendence. At first the song was 'Snug Harbor' or 'Safe Harbor', but I was reading Eugene O'Neill so it became '[[Last Harbor]]'. But I left it open to sound like the last harbor too, because this person I'm confronting with myself is like - are you going to be it? It's like using the words to 3 different levels if I can but it's not morbid. It's a sad song because it's from a sad place, but most of my stuff is sad. I mean did they ask Turner if he was a sad person?"<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://americanmusicclub.com/index.php?title=Articles:Unhinged_-_Winter_1989 \| work=Unhinged \| date=Winter 1989 \| author=Drew \| title=American Music Club \| accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	[[Category:~~Songs~~]]		[[Category:AMC songs]]

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{{Infobox song
| Name = Last Harbor
| Cover = AMC-California.jpg
| Caption = California cover
| Artist = [[start|American Music Club]]
| Album = [[California]]
| Released = 1988
| Format = LP / CS / CD
| Length = 4:35
| Label = [[Grifter Records]]/[[Frontier Records]]/[[Demon Records]]
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Producer = [[Tom Mallon]]
| Tracks =
# "[[Firefly]]"
# "[[Somewhere]]"
# "[[Laughingstock]]"
# "[[Lonely]]"
# "[[Pale Skinny Girl]]"
# "[[Blue And Grey Shirt]]"
# "[[Bad Liquor]]"
# "[[Now You're Defeated]]"
# "[[Jenny]]"
# "[[Western Sky]]"
# "[[Highway 5]]"
# '''"Last Harbor"'''
}}

'''"Last Harbor"''' is the 12th and last song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ''[[California]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] recorded a live acoustic version for his 1991 ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' album, and a studio version re-made with [[Manolis Famellos]] and a group of Greek traditional musicians for 2003's ''[[The Ugly American]]''.

==Lyrics==
Some of them are kind and it's phony 
Some of them are kind and it's okay 
Generous but where's the charity 
To lose or give away

Some of them smile and it's phony 
Some of them smile and it's not 
Some of them never tell you 
Just how much they've got

Falling 
Hey, I don't see the bottom 
Are you gonna be my last harbor

She'll soon find a way to make you feel fine 
She's laughing and she's clapping her hands 
As she walks across your cup of wine

She'll make it real easy for you 
All you have to do is remember her name 
She's almost your passport to the world 
She's almost your ticket out again

Falling 
Hey, I don't see the bottom 
Are you gonna be my last harbor

Some of them smile and it's phony 
Some of them smile and it's okay 
Some of them never tell you 
Just how much they'll give away

==Video==
Mark Eitzel performing "Last Harbor" on October 24, 2013 at Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, Scotland.
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfo59BHWNf8</embedvideo>

== Personnel ==
===American Music Club===
* [[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitars
* [[Danny Pearson]] - bass
* [[Vudi]] - guitar, accordion
* [[Tom Mallon]] - drums, producer, engineer

===Others===
* [[Bruce Kaphan]] - pedal steel

==Also appears on==
* ''[[United Kingdom|United Kingdom & California]]'' CD
* ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' Mark Eitzel - live version
* ''[[1984-1995]]''
* ''[[The Ugly American]]'' Mark Eitzel - alternate version

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Songs]]