"This camp was built to music, therefor built forever."
I'm so happy to be back here in this beautiful place that shaped so much of my musical life.
AND, I'm getting a taste of what it would be like to have a hit song! When I was a counselor at a summer camp in the San Juan Islands years ago, I wrote a song called "Set Out" with 2 friends, Jon Georgitis, and Doug Archibald, who led sailing and canoe trips with the kids.
Early this year, a friend from camp contacted me and told me that the kids are still singing our song! I wrote to the director, one thing led to another, and now I'm up here at summer camp, writing and singing with the kids. Whenever I'm introduced, "She wrote 'Set Out'" follows my name. YOU wrote "Set Out???" The campers/ staff say in awe. I LOVE that song!"
I am so amazed by the power of music. A song I wrote with some friends in one inspired moment has lived on in the voices and hearts of so many kids over the years. I heard them sing the song this morning and it brought tears to my eyes. I'm so grateful for this gift of song. I'm thankful to life for showing this to me, right now, as I'm finishing the recording my 5th CD, unsure of where all of these new songs will end up. Every song has a life of it's own, and continues to teach me as it grows.
Set Out
Set out on the road yesterday
Brought my guitar along
Two weeks now I've been traveling
Trying to find me a song
And I can't find the words to write it down, but I'm found
Met a man on the road yesterday
Asked him which way to go
He said it doesn't matter which way you turn
As long as you take it slow
And I can't find the words to write it down, but I'm found
Set out on the ocean yesterday
Trying to find me a breeze
Who knows when I'll come home again
Blowing in from the seas
And I can't find the words to write it down, but I'm free
Walking on the road the other night, I thought I lost my way
But I found my soul again when I heard the children play
The comfort of the gypsy voices, singing sweet harmony
The songs that will always bring us to the place we want to be
And I can't fins the words to write it down, but I'm free