Cariboo

from Songs Of Serenity by Scott Perry

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My dad left behind a poem called “My Cariboo” that I set to music while trying to come up with something to do at his funeral, other than stand at a podium crying. His influence was country, and the poem is all about longing for your home when you’re not there – a sentiment that applies more to me than him, since I haven’t lived in the Cariboo for many years. It turned into a song celebrating his life and home but also my own wistfulness looking back at the land that produced me.

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Cariboo, I hear you calling
Far across the golden sea –
And the memory of your splendor
Lingers in the heart of me

I will walk again your valleys
Stroll along your crystal streams –
I will climb majestic mountains,
If only in my dreams

Cariboo - I’m calling you
If you only knew
My Cariboo
How I’ve been recalling you

I will see you in the morning
When the sun bathes you in gold –
I will hear your legends calling
As they sing of days of old

I will see you in the evening,
Watch it deepening your blue –
When the velvet night comes creeping
I will feel the pulse of you

Cariboo - I’m calling you
If you only knew
My Cariboo
How I’ve been recalling you

You will never leave my memory,
Though I travel foreign seas –
My Cariboo, I hear you calling
Deep within the soul of me

credits

from Songs Of Serenity, released September 8, 2017
© 2017 Scott Perry (SOCAN/BMI)
Recorded at Echoplant Studios, Coquitlam BC
Engineered by Matt Di Pomponio
Mixed by Adrian Buckley
Mastered by Craig Waddell at Gotham City
Scott Perry: Vocals, Guitars, Banjo
Eric Lefebvre: Bass
Derek Macdonald: Keyboards
Adrian Buckley: Drums

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Scott Perry Vancouver, British Columbia

“Where acoustic meets electric.” A singer-songwriter in the vintage mold of the 70s, Scott Perry launched The EastVangelicals with Songs of Serenity (2017) and Follow UP (2018), all about home, nostalgia, and love.
Suite:Dreams (2020) tells the story of a relationship in ten lovesongs.

His latest, Folks Songs (Aug 2022) treats the loss of parents: processing grief, and celebrating their lives. ... more

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