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Homesick

by Charlie McCarron

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1.
Let's make our move Down to the river Where life will float by slowly We'll trade our cars In for a house boat You've always said we work too hard Just take a breath, inhale It's Stillwater, MN air You turn up your nose, but to me Dead fish never smelled so sweet We'll raise our kids Here on the river They'll learn to swim like dolphins You teach them to read And I'll teach them skills that All little lumberjacks need Just dip your toes in first The water is safe and warm You ask, "Why's it yellow and brown?" Well it's honey and chocolate to me When times are tough we pull Up anchor and follow the rising tide But as we float along Our friends and family pass us by So let's not be hasty Let's find another town And a house anchored to the ground The river life was serene But only for one daydream
2.
Skipping stones with you has turned my head I was ready to give you my precious summer days before you said That we can't be in love we're only nine years old But Fiona, my heart beats still As you curl up beside me in our secret world I'll drive us away to a house by the sea And between every wave you can skip stones with me Some years later in the junior high Where the boys and the girls meet at football games to flirt through the night When I asked you to dance with me your cheeks turned red And I knew from the way you held my hand That you can't be in love with your first best friend But Fiona, my heart beats still And the air turns electric with one smile from you Then one moonlit night we took to the woods And we stumbled into our imaginary childhood And we climbed into the car where this feeling began You whispered we might be in love Oh we might be in love Oh Fiona, my heart beats still As you curl up beside me in our secret world I'll drive us away to a house by the sea And between every wave you can skip stones with me
3.
Fireflies flicker through the grass, been growing so long And the moon casts blue shadows on the screen porch, but nobody's home Scrawled in red pen and tucked into the doorframe a note Says Grandma and Grandpa Went down to the lake for adventure No need to wait Cause we've gone looking for fun and we won't be back A silvery canoe slips through water so silent and smooth Like a knife through warm butter, Grandpa's paddle steers them through Grandma leans back in his lap, and takes in the stars There goes Orion, protecting the night Seven Sisters, eternally bright And far off in the distance I see The one star that's been waiting for me tonight Arm in arm we wait for the sun to rise Grandpa looks back towards the shore, but it's already gone He says, "Darling I've paddled too far, there's nothing but fog" She takes him by the hand and looks into his eyes And says, "Trust in the moonlight, it's led us this far" Not knowing is only the start We're going where just you and me Release our memories and dreams to run free We're ready, we're leaving this world behind
4.
I was on the bus home When you stepped into my life I'd never known Such fire in a woman's eyes You're a queen of heart From a kingdom far Above this cruel charade There's a place where love will reign Where the laws are paper thin And you would not be named By the color of your skin I saw out the window As the driver pulled away He stole your pride And left you in the rain I'm an honest man On my word I stand But I froze and could not speak And the blame weighs down on me For the color of my skin Should have stood up from my seat And be the one who let you in So I rode the bus home As a quiet man would do My face will fade But they'll all remember you The queen of heart From a kingdom far Above this cruel charade In a place where love will reign Where the laws are paper thin And you will not be named By the color of your skin
5.
Do what you want to do Take the chance that's at your doorstep Be where you want to be Drive away into the sunset I'm leaving in the evening Somewhere where the leaves Change colors to feel something There's no place I'd rather be And so I'm asking you to Come along And share this October dream Find what you've got to find Autumn skies are waiting for you Love who you want to love You've been waiting for a while now Summer's fading Winter's shading Somewhere in between I'm waiting to feel something There's no place I'd rather be And so I'm asking you to Come along And share this October dream Share this October dream
6.
Sleep on It 02:36
I wrote us a sweet song Where the rhythms and the melodies Never needed to change With words so beautiful they'd make you Say you'd give up everything and Decide to stay Drifted off to sleep that night Thinking I had captured us In a perfect light Of a future life Woke up the next day Excited to listen to the Recording I'd made So I played it back to myself But the story I'd invented was Predictable It was boring as hell So thank God This is not that song No, this is not that song Lesson learned today No matter how I write it down It won't stay the same We're all built to change So thank God Life is not one song No, life is not one song
7.
We set out in the early morning light On a journey to prove we're not defined By the gravity that pull us towards the ground We'll lift our bodies through the clouds But the mountain will not yield As we scale its icy shield There were six of us who tried I alone held the compass tight As we drifted off from the course we'd laid They all believed It'd be okay As the sun set down behind the mountain range I felt the darkness in the clouds that howled our names But the crew was not convinced and they pitched their tents They all believed It'd be okay Still the mountain will not yield To the prayers I keep concealed Then the storm knocked out our radio We lost all contact with the outside world The snow grew thick and covered up our tracks We knew there was no turning back We set out in the storm and snow and ice On a journey to prove we're not defined By the gravity that pulls us towards the ground We'll lift our bodies through the clouds
8.
Oh, yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final end of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last—far off—at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream: but what am I? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry.
9.
When my heart stopped I could hear the bird song Calling through my window When my eyes closed I could see my childhood So long ago So long ago The sun It never set Like the day was endless I never left I never left I never left I never left
10.
Womb Song 02:06
When the world weighs you down Wait it out with a womb song All will pass on All will pass on
11.
We've had such a good time today We're sad to leave We'd love to stay But there's always adventure around the bend Tomorrow we'll do it again We've had such a good time today We're sad to leave We'd love to stay But there's always adventure around the bend We'll see you tomorrow my friend

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released January 27, 2017

Mitchell Johnson - Backing Vocals on 1, Trumpet on 4, Words and Music on 5
Ryan Ruff Smith - Backing Vocals on 1
Donna Schubbe - Backing Vocals on 2, 3
Matt Schubbe - Backing Vocals on 2, 3
Robert Carmichael - Drums on 2, 4, 7
Nick Syman - Trombone on 7
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Words on 8

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Charlie McCarron Minneapolis, Minnesota

I write melodic classical pop songs and alien electronic concept albums. I also compose film and video game scores.

I formerly produced the podcast Composer Quest.

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