Desolation Sounds was written while spending two weeks totally alone on Mink Island in the heart of Desolation Sound, British Columbia, Canada. I stayed there working on one of 3 homes on this 800 acre paradise. I ate fresh oysters and watched Orca whales and seals from the deck. Funny, no telemarketers were able to reach me. You ever been totally alone for 2 weeks? George Merrill’s voice is golden on lead and background vocals. Pamela Mortensen from Seattle lent her expert didgereedoo chops skillfully to the effort. This song says it all for me and applies to all wilderness seekers, wherever you may roam.
Desolation Sounds
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We are all so different,
yet very much the same
The adventure continues,
no matter what your name
So much responsibility
in everything we choose
So many possibilities,
sometimes I get confused
There comes a time when,
I’ve just got to go
Leave behind those
old familiar roads
I go out where it’s hard to be found
Somewhere out there
Desolation Sounds
We are still evolving,
blessed with a clever mind
Planted in this garden,
given only so much time
I’ve tried nearly everything
to make good feelings stay
Still ,I feel empty when
my dreams they go astray
There comes a time when
I’ve just got to go
Leave behind familiar things I know
I go out where
the source is all around me
Only in lonely
Desolation Sounds
We are connected to the sound
It’s a sound that’s heard the world ‘round
Somewhere out there
Desolation Sounds
I can sail to the islands,
taste the salty ocean breeze
Run rivers through the forest,
deep in the evergreens.
Sunrise paints a desert sky,
purple, red and gold
Thunder calls and water falls,
a glory to behold
It is all such a splendid mystery
The more we know,
the more there is to see
When I feel lost and
I’m looking to be found
I get out somewhere
far away from town
I go to where the beauty is profound
Somewhere near you, only in lonely,
somewhere out there
Desolation Sounds
We are connected to the sound
It’s a sound that’s heard the world ‘round
Somewhere out there
Desolation Sounds
Get on out of town,
you can feel it all around you
Only out there
Desolation Sounds