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Rope Burns - Single

by Kristen Mark Westwood

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The second single from my upcoming LP "What I Heard, What I Saw."

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These hands are for rope burns
And holding off the sun
Setting oars to the ocean
Like a fisherman’s son
Turned to look for my father
This is his father’s boat
And his hands are as old
As these oars in my hands

So why should I swim ashore?
And lose all I’ve become?
Forget my own name
and be anyone’s son?

Are you good for it all?
Are you good for the journey?
Are you good for it all?
And did you know about the loneliness?
‘Cause I’m leaving my nets
And my father behind

Heard them say you’re a holy man
But more dangerous than some
Well are you sure I’m the one
With my fisherman hands?
But you smell like the wood-shop floor
And the sweat of a priest
And you came down to the sea
With fresh dust on your feet

So what if I come ashore
And I take what I’ve become
And put it all on the table
Would you call me on the question

Are you good for it all?
Are you good for the journey?
Are you good for it all?
And did you know about the loneliness?
‘Cause I’m leaving my nets
And my father behind

This is all that I’ve known
Every morning I waken to
This same ache in my bones
And then you come calling
“Come find your way home”
And I feel it awaken too
This same ache in my bones

These hands are for rope burns

1.16-20

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released June 14, 2019
Written by Kristen Mark Westwood
Produced by Murray Pulver and Kristen Mark Westwood

Performed by:
Kristen Mark Westwood - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Murray Pulver - BGV’s, electric guitar
Don Benedictson - bass
Daniel Roy - drums, percussion
Mike Little - organ

Mixed by Don Benedictson at Unity Gain Productions, Roseisle MB
Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering, Toronto

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Kristen Mark Westwood Guelph, Ontario

Kristen Mark Westwood is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator and producer based in Guelph, ON.

Photography by Jen Squires, 2019.

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