So planning this kayaking trip with my friends, and I guess it’s sort of symbolized all the hopes of summer, and what is summer if not the hopes for the year? I went Kayaking Maine once many years ago as a camp counselor in Maine, and have wanted to do it again every since, but was having trouble finding someone who could help us locally with the gear and local knowledge of Maine’s channels and bays.

So I was in such a good mood after talking with Michael of Stonington Kayak Outfitters in Maine that this tune just immediately popped into my head and I wrote it down, because something had become possible that hadn’t before, and I was excited.

And on piano it sort of starts on this A-C#-E chord

tryin some words

here’s the big feelin version

With a more complete verse and a cool riff at the end

It is a one star in the sky before all them in the sky git time it’s the one shore big and wide it’s the one shore coming near

and tide crash going hit the tide pulls you in the tide crash pushin you riptide hit your head

drift down to the sandy shore underneath it’s another kind of shore another kind of shore

when did you you lose your home did you find a way to replace do you remember names I only brought colors


another idea

hey big feelin where’d you go

hey big feelin been feelin low

you musta gone on the road again

I know you get so restless

I moved to new york sold my car

starting to think i’ll always have this guitar but I

gave the rest up tryna find you

opened every door like you told me to

hey big feeling drop a pin

can’t recognize you all the people that you’ve been

maybe one day I’ll know your name

but hey big feeling never the same

will I find you in august isle au hat

the dancing of the water of the waves down below

I know I will don’t stand still

hey big feeling that’s the source of the thrill

and I am proud of myself for holdin on when it got hard

I guess so but I dunno why how many choices did I even make

hey big feelin you got me along for the ride

hey big feeling always one step behind