This is my new album 7 Point Star. It started as a mantra a said to myself as I was taking an extended road trip from the Westcoast to the Eastcoast of the US by car and then back again by train, all within a couple weeks' time.
The 7 points to me represented: West, South, East, North, Sky, Earth and Myself. There is a song to relate to each of these cardinal points.
1.West = "Indelible”
2. South = "Desire”
3. “Nine Lives”
4. North = "Polaris”
5. Sky = "Spread My Wings”
6. Earth = "Santa Cruz”
7. Myself = "7 Point Star"
The entire album features me alone with a 12 String guitar and was recorded live in single takes at our home studio - Polaris, here on Strynø.
Lyrics
7 Point Star
I headed East on Interstate 40
Mojave desert into the heart of Arizona
Stopped in Williams
Then the next night Tucumcari
Got all the way to Tulsa
Through the land of the Cherokee
Drive all the way back home
All alone on a two land road
7 point star keep showin' me where to go
By the time I cross this land
I know I
ll understand
So I'll drive all the way back home
On a two lane road
7 point star keep on showin'
Up through St. Louis
Then adcross the Ohio River
Pennsylvania all day long
Interstate 84 took me to the Hudson shores
To those Catskill Mountains
Where I sang this song
Drive all the way back home
All alone on a two land road
7 point star keep showin' me where to go
By the time I cross this land
I know I
ll understand
So I'll drive all the way back home
On a two lane road
7 point star keep on showin'
I took the North way back West
Chicago, Lincoln & Denver
Cross the Great Divide
Wyoming skies I was under
Past the great salt lake
I took 80 West straight to the Golden Gate
To the Golden Gate
Drive all the way back home
All alone on a two land road
7 point star keep showin' me where to go
By the time I cross this land
I know I
ll understand
So I'll drive all the way back home
On a two lane road
7 point star keep on showin' Drive all the way back home
All alone on a two land road
7 point star keep showin' me where to go
By the time I cross this land
I know I
ll understand
So I'll drive all the way back home
On a two lane road
7 point star keep on showin' me
credits
released January 13, 2023
Music Composed by Gabriel Gordon
Lyrics Composed by Gabriel Gordon
Guitar and Vocal: Gabriel Gordon
Recorded by Gabriel Gordon at Polaris Studios
Produced by Gate to Venus
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