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Right, then...
The next three songs I'll be posting, I think, are the last of my songs from the album 'Simply Fine'. I'm actually thinking that I may bring 'Simply Fine' out again, in some form, and for a variety of reasons I don't think I'm going to keep all of these songs up for a long time. So, if you like one of the Simply Fine songs, now's the time...
This is a song I wrote for or about my best friend Peter, who, in our college days, did a lonely stint or maybe two stints, on research vessels out of Woods Hole.... It ends up sounding a lot more like me than it sounds like Peter, but there you are...
Playing on this tune are:
Ed Hannifin: lead and harmony vocals, lead acoustic guitar, acoustic and high-strung guitars
Phyllis Capanna: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Tom Daley: bass
Larry Anderson: trap congas
I just got brave and ventured into the The Trunk, in the basement, and found this possibly appropriate shot of Phyllis and myself on the island of Nantucket, not long after we finished recording...
Hope ya like it.
The next three songs I'll be posting, I think, are the last of my songs from the album 'Simply Fine'. I'm actually thinking that I may bring 'Simply Fine' out again, in some form, and for a variety of reasons I don't think I'm going to keep all of these songs up for a long time. So, if you like one of the Simply Fine songs, now's the time...
This is a song I wrote for or about my best friend Peter, who, in our college days, did a lonely stint or maybe two stints, on research vessels out of Woods Hole.... It ends up sounding a lot more like me than it sounds like Peter, but there you are...
Playing on this tune are:
Ed Hannifin: lead and harmony vocals, lead acoustic guitar, acoustic and high-strung guitars
Phyllis Capanna: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Tom Daley: bass
Larry Anderson: trap congas
I just got brave and ventured into the The Trunk, in the basement, and found this possibly appropriate shot of Phyllis and myself on the island of Nantucket, not long after we finished recording...
Hope ya like it.
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Lyrics
Take You Down (to the Sea)
Copyright 1987 Ed Hannifin
[Intro]
The city grew too crowded for the summer
It had gotten somewhat cool for mid-July
I thought I’d go and sail, with the ones who chart the whale
And soothe my mind in the voice of sea and sky
Take you down to the sea
Let her roll you easily
Out with the whale and the wave
Out of sight of stone and sand
Sun and stars so close at hand
You can listen for the heart you hope to save
I shipped out on a vessel called The Orphan
A tub that always smelled of fish and oil
Somehow we never sank when off Stellwagen Bank
When storms took up the sea in a rolling boil
[Refrain]
[Break]
When on deck I only thought of working
But when alone my heart returned to shore
At last I came to find that there was no help for my mind
In trying to forget my human core
[Refrain]
Every daring venture must be paid for
And the coin we pay for living with is time
If we only could be sure of what we bargain for
And not be left to doubt our own design
[Refrain]
[Break]
they say a blue whale often swims a lifetime
looking for a mate he’ll never find
oh I can’t imagine how, from Japan to Curacao
hoping for another of your kind
Copyright 1987 Ed Hannifin
[Intro]
The city grew too crowded for the summer
It had gotten somewhat cool for mid-July
I thought I’d go and sail, with the ones who chart the whale
And soothe my mind in the voice of sea and sky
Take you down to the sea
Let her roll you easily
Out with the whale and the wave
Out of sight of stone and sand
Sun and stars so close at hand
You can listen for the heart you hope to save
I shipped out on a vessel called The Orphan
A tub that always smelled of fish and oil
Somehow we never sank when off Stellwagen Bank
When storms took up the sea in a rolling boil
[Refrain]
[Break]
When on deck I only thought of working
But when alone my heart returned to shore
At last I came to find that there was no help for my mind
In trying to forget my human core
[Refrain]
Every daring venture must be paid for
And the coin we pay for living with is time
If we only could be sure of what we bargain for
And not be left to doubt our own design
[Refrain]
[Break]
they say a blue whale often swims a lifetime
looking for a mate he’ll never find
oh I can’t imagine how, from Japan to Curacao
hoping for another of your kind
Day For Night
There's such a nice mood and flow to this piece.
So soothing and lulling...along with the current of the sea.
Lovely.
Thank you for sharing this, Ed :)
Mysti/Cat