For my birthday a friend of mine got me an album from some Canadian guy called Stevedore Steve. You can see more abut him here: http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/steveindex.htm. You can check out the album here: http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/songsof.htm .

We listened to the record and there was a really great song called “This Boy’s Got To Be Free.”

Here are the lyrics:

I’ve seen the dust along the highways,
I’ve seen the rails from sea to sea,
I’ve seen the clouds float free across the summer sky,
That ain’t the last they’ve seen of me.

I don’t mean to hurt you woman,
You’ve been real good to me,
But like a good loving woman try to understand,
This boy’s got to be free…

This boy’s got to be free.

There were lights on that ocean freighter,
As I sailed off in the night,
Now when you wake in the morning and open your eyes,
You’ll find I’m long gone and out of sight.

I don’t mean to hurt you woman,
You’ve been real good to me,
But like a good loving woman try to understand,
This boy’s got to be free…

This boy’s got to be free.

I know I’ll always remember,
With a heartache and a sigh,
When the midnight tides roll high and wide,
I sailed off into the night.

I know I’ll always remember,
with a tear stained memory,
That woman that I loved and left behind,
that’s the price to be free.

This boy’s got to be free.

I also recorded a quick cover of this song as a demo for the Stevedore. You can listen to it here.

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Last night the Stevedore was featured on the Local Show on 107.7 the end.  We recorded it and edited it down.  Here is it is…

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