Story Behind The Song
I hadn't heard from my son in a long time and thinking about how I missed him I recalled the day he set out on his own after his college graduation. He had everythiing important to him packed into his Jeep Cherokee and off he went to the world.
Song Description
A wistful Godspeed to a child on the wings of a folk tune set to techno rythyms.
| Song Length |
4:17 |
Genre |
Electronic - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful, Delighted |
Subject |
Change, Love for Child |
| Similar Artists |
Moby, Abba |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
he was making for the breakers
by the time i saw his sail
he had hidden two days water
'hind the sheds in oaken pails
he had gold and Sioux tobacco
oh atlest say twenty twists
and a roll of Federal C-Notes
bigger 'an your fist
sun will set
moon will rise
snow geese know their way back home
my child will roam
he had worked these coastal waters
fished the smelt and walleye schools
in the winter it was sturgeon
bottom feeding in the pools
and he made enough for Caitlin
and the kids and Mary too
but his time of late was heavy
felt it way down in his shoes
then he lost his dog last autumn
dog just ran and kept on runnin
like a sign to 'young man listenin
for the sound of good things comin