A song written by my ex-wife. I was listening to her music a lot as I spent 49 days alone crossing the Pacific. Loved the song so I added some harmonies with my own voice. 

Our Impulse: 
Somethings coming from the ground 
A whisper kind of sound 
Static on the TV
The quiet getting loud

It's the impulse we all get
Driving on to your exit
To keep on going East
Don't stop till you need rest

I'm not the type to be so rash
I value what will last 
But everything thats still 
Is still spinning fast 

Erase the pretty lines I drew
Hit the reset, unplug it too 
Pour white paint over the canvas 
Change my name and move to Kansas

If everything's fine, why do I wanna start over?

Our Impulse

A prayer to Neptune for safe passage for my Pacific Crossing from Mexico to French Polynesia 

Father Neptune:
Father Neptune hear me 
My family on shores got worries 
Please let me pass safe 
I keep to the faith
Father Neptune

Father Neptune see me 
I'm here at the bow on my knees
Salt sprays in my face
I feel your embrace
Father Neptune

Father Neptune know me 
I submit my body to your seas
Please keep my heart strong
The nights will be strong
Father Neptune

Father Neptune hear me 
I sing with the whales and dolphins 
Keep me in good health
Sand dollars for wealth
Father Neptune

Father Neptune

Dulaman

To celebrate my crossing of the equator and achievement of Shellback status.

Lyrics:
I can fly on the wind across the sea
Sails hoisted high 
I'm at the bow roaming free

Fish is hooked, take a look 
I'm the cook and it's for free

All alone, in this home,
Fully grown, look at me 

On the High Seas

Equator Crossing

Over the Rainbow

Original Sea Shanty

Lonesome Traveller: 
I'm a lonesome traveller gone along the open sea
I'll move on this pathless path to where I'm meant to be 
The sky is near, the course unclear, I'm a long way from home 
Is the bow pointed to new love, o'er stern leaving home?

Hear this song from a sailor's feet 
Longing for the shore
Hear this song from a sailor's arms
Grab the rum and pour
Hear this song from a sailor's palm
Sinew, callus, bone
Hear this song from a sailor's hear
Traveling all alone

Lonesome Traveler

Wrote and recorded this on Day 10 of passage from Tonga to New Zealand.

I'm On A Boat:
I’m on a boat 
I live here 
I don’t got no one to talk to 
So you’ll have to lend an ear

I’m on a boat 
And I feel sad 
Turns out the bad feelings inside 
Don’t disappear with land 

I’m on boat 
Things can’t be that bad 
No one cares when you’re afloat 
Cuz at the end of the day you’ve got a boat 

I’ve got a boat 
But I’m all alone 
The only friends I’ve got aboard 
Are the strangers on my phone 

Oh Ooo Ooo Ooo I’m lonely 
Oh Ooo Ooo Ooo Yea I’m lonely 

Sounds like it’s paradise 
It must pretty nice 
But I don’t think its true 

Cuz at the end of the day
I’ve gotta say 
My hearts still feeling blue 

What’s the fix 
Quick tips and tricks 
To feel Peace Joy and Love 

Well I don’t know 
Seems the answer won’t 
Be found out on my own

Oh Ooo Ooo Ooo I’m lonely 
Oh Ooo Ooo Ooo Yea I’m lonely 

I’m on a boat 
And I love it here 
I’ll keep my course set due West 
And explore another year 

I’m on a boat 
maybe I’m not so blue 
My heart get mixed up with the swell 
Over time it becomes hard to tell 

I’m on a boat 
Soon I’ll slow down 
Its cyclone season in the South
I’ve gotta hide or get socked in the mouth 

I’m on a boat
And New Zealand bound 
Maybe I’ll stop and take a break
And explore life there on solid ground 

Oh Ooo Ooo Ooo I’m lonely 
Oh Ooo Ooo Ooo Yea I’m lonely    

im on a boat

Auld Lang Syne

Scratch recordings from my life as a sailor

Middle School Music Teacher turned Sailor
Circumnavigating from Seattle on 27’ sailboat

Sailing Songbird

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