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Part of Richard Barone's "Secret Songs" series.
Recorded at Carousel Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Richard Barone and I had been friends for a long time, working on many projects and shows together, so it was inevitable that we would collaborate on a composition and recording.

One morning, in my small East Village apartment, I improvised a piano piece. I sent it to Richard, thinking it would be a good basis for a song to work on. To my surprise, he wanted to use my improvised piece, unedited (recorded on my Tascam Porta One) as the basis for the track. We left in some of the imperfections.

Richard had recorded the sound of waves at Ocean Grove, NJ on a trip to the beach. We put that in and it seemed to set the mood.

Using that as a basis we developed the melody and countermelody with strings and vocals and made this song. Richard had just gotten some very cool string sounds and other toys that he brought to the studio, notably an original Waterphone (played with a cello bow) and of course his trusty 1973 E-Bow and Les Paul guitar.

Combined with the collection of vintage keyboards, it was an audio playground of the highest order!

lyrics

Do you wanna go?

I think you need to know:
that the wind blows cold
that the cold wind blows

Did you need some more?

Could you see the shore?
Did we lose the wind on our flight?

Or is all right, adrift in the darkest night?



We lost our sense of time
Blinded, but sublime
I guess we’ve seen most everything
The lighthouse calls when the fog sets in.

Did I stay too long,
when I should have gone?
I used to wear my heart on my sleeve,
now I find it hard to believe

How the moments sank
Isolation tank
Has the morning come to reveal
we’ve nothing left to conceal?

We lost our sense of time
Blinded, but sublime
I guess we’ve done most everything
The lighthouse calls when the fog sets in

And now I know
how the clouds lets go
waving no goodbye
drift to another sky

And now I see
twisted in irony
what all the cynics say
I’ll tell you anyway

Lost all sense of time,
Damaged, but sublime
I guess we’ve said most everything
The lighthouse calls when the fog sets in

Now I know
how the clouds let go
now I know.

Do you wanna go?

© Richard Barone Music (BMI) / Tralfaz (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

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released August 7, 2020
releases August 7, 2020
Produced by Joe McGinty & Richard Barone
Recorded and mixed by Joe McGinty at Carousel Studios, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Richard Barone

Richard Barone: Vocals, Waterphone, Guitar, E-Bow
Joe McGinty: Keyboards, Chamberlain Strings

ARTWORK:
Engraving by John Horsburgh (1791-1869) of a drawing by J. M. W. Turner: Artwork of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, Scotland, 1824.

℗ 2020 RBM Special Editions

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Joe McGinty New York, New York

Session keyboard player, arranger, composer, producer based in NYC. Founder of Loser's Lounge tribute series. Composed/produced music for "Bored To Death", "The Daily Show", "Last Chance Harvey". Recorded and/or played with: Psychedelic Furs, The Ramones, Debbie Harry, Ryan Adams, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, Rhett Miller, Space Hog, Craig Wedren, Ronnie Spector. ... more

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