An original song inspired by a sonnet I wrote for Ms. Ziari's Brit Lit class at Mt. Hope High School in Bristol RI.  This song is about a guitar I found in a barn sale when I was 11.

10 Feet

An original song about sailing in the Narragansett Bay with my brother.  

Going Gone

The inspiration for this song came during my college search and self-reflection on my future and personal goals.    



Lyrics:
I lost myself in the binding of that book
If I could crawl out and see the sun I would
But it’s getting late and there’s more I need to compute
So I turn the page assured this is the right route

These scores exhaled through the sigh of a scan
They do not measure me as a man
So why is it then they influence my hand?
How do you quantify a soul? or evaluate a goal?

When I’m a black and white number it’s easy to overlook
How there's more depth to my story than the width of that textbook
I’ve got more aspirations in pages a cover could chew
And there’s more color to my portrait than just a single hue

These scores exhaled through the sigh of a scan
They do not measure me as a man
So why is it then they influence my hand?
How do you quantify a soul? or evaluate a goal?

I look around I see the world and all there is to embrace
I acknowledge now my duty to the human race
And how my story starts now with getting through this page
My plot is promising and I’m proud to not erase

These scores exhaled through the sigh of a scan
They do not measure me as a man
But as it is they influence my hand
So I press on as hard as I can
I apply some math and evaluate a graph 
So when my time comes I can forge a fulfilling path
How do you quantify a soul? or evaluate a goal?





Chapter One

One of my favorite Paul Simon classics! Thanks to my brother Burke for the drums, we had a lot of fun recording.  Hope you enjoy!

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