Open Boat

by Carolyn Getson

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Carolyn wrote and recorded this in the 90s, just her voice and piano. Fan club member, Fluxus Camper and all-purpose roustabout Allen Bukoff sent me this haunting recording in 2022 and I added some tracks. It was chilling and a bit emotional to sing with Carolyn while tracking, years after she's sailed off this planet.

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And my heart is breaking, breaking, breaking
On the shores of your eyes
And though I see the safe harbor it's out of reach, out of reach, out of reach

I'm out there stranded in an old rocking boat
With sails ripped and oars all broke
I can't send a signal, can't send a signal, can't send a signal to you

And my heart is breaking, breaking, breaking
On the shores of your eyes
And though I see the safe harbor it's out of reach, out of reach, out of reach

Laughing birds fly overhead, waves send sighs of sympathy yet they hold me here so far away, hold me here so far away, hold me here so far from you
I got a bottle but no paper or pen, my voice held captive by the wind
If you'd look up you'd see nothing but the sky
If you'd look up you'd see nothing but the sky
If you'd look up you'd see nothing

And my heart is breaking, breaking, breaking
On the shores of your eyes
And though I see the safe harbor it's out of reach, out of reach, out of reach...out of reach

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released October 20, 2022
Vocal and piano: Carolyn Getson
Backing vocals, guitar, and keyboard percussion: Jenifer McKitrick
©1995, Carolyn Getson.
A Jenomatic Production.

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"Out of the cauldron of some collective folk unconscious, fueled by the energy of loss transcended, these are the timeless, haunted, twice-told tales of just how it is that the ghost has come to escape from the machine."--Sandy Pearlman, producer of Jenifer's album Glow ... more

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