The World May Loose Its Motion
By: A.P. Carter, Beck Hansen
Original Performance: The Carter Family
Written by: A.P. Carter, Beck Hansen

This Version:
  • The World May Loose Its Motion (3:10)
    Available on Periscope: Another Yoyo Compilation.
    Credits
    Recorded at: Poop Alley Studios
    Beck Hansen: Banjo, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
    Joey Waronker: Drums
    Tom Grimley: Engineer, Producer
    Petra Haden: Violin
    Anna Waronker: Vocals (Background)
 
Lyrics:
The storms are on the ocean, on and on they go
Searching through the waters, there you might be low
And I am so downhearted, never too be well
And I am disappointed, the words will never tell
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee

The last time that I saw you, you shook my hand goodbye
You said it wasn't forever, that would be a lie
But death is such an old friend, he holds you in his hand
And I am so long waiting to meet you in that land
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be
This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee