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In the quiet misty morning
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When the moon has gone to bed
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When the sparrows stop their singing
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And the sky is clear and red
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When the summer's ceased its gleaming
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When the corn is past its prime
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When adventure's lost its meaning
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I'll be homeward bound in time
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Bind me not to the pasture
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Chain me not to the plow
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Set me free to find my calling
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And I'll return to you somehow
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If you find it's me you're missing
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If you're hoping I'll return
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To your thoughts I'll soon be listening
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And in the road I'll stop and turn
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When the wind will set me racing
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As my journey nears its end
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And the path I'll be retracing
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As I'm homeward bound again
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Bind me not to the pasture
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Chain me not to the plow
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Set me free to find my calling
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And I'll return to you somehow
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Bind me not to the pasture
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Chain me not to the plow
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Set me free to find my calling
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And I'll return to you somehow
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In the quiet misty morning
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When the moon has gone to bed
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When the sparrows stop their singing
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And the sky is clear and red
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When the summer's ceased its gleaming
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When the corn is past its prime
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When adventure's lost its meaning
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I'll be homeward bound in time
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Hey Hollensfamily
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This was one of the most special videos
I have ever made
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It was such an incredible feeling to work
with these amazing highschoolers
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And I kind of wanted to tell you
where the song came from
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I... I had been looking for another folk song
to do cause I'd been really, really wanting to
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And I came across this song, and I reached
out to one of my best friends, Megan Purdue
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Who is a choir director up in Portland, Oregon
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And I was like: Hey, I'm thinking about
doing a song called "Homeward Bound"
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Do you think your choir would wanna do it
with me?
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And... The story she told me...
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There's some things in life where you just
think that things were meant to happen
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And you can call it divine intervention
or you can call it happenstance
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But there was a young, a young girl by the
name of Io Korol
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Who had just passed away that week
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And this song was by far her favorite
It was the song that she
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Would go around school singing
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And it kind of ended up being her choir's...
song for the whole year... and...
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So when I reached out, I had no idea...
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But it ended up being a video
that had so much more meaning
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Which is why this song and video
is dedicated to her
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Megan, her choir director, said that she was
the kind of girl who would go around the school
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Singing and not caring what people thought
about her, and, you know
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I can't respect people like that enough
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You know, people that just don't care
what people think about them and...
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You know she... she passed at a really
young age, suddenly, and...
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That took me... you know...
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Well past I was 30 until I could, I could
get to the point in my life where
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I could just sing and just not care what
people thought about me, and you know...
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I don't know... people like that need to
be celebrated so...
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I'm so happy that her choir got to be part
of this and I reached out to another one
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Of my friends from the a capella group that
I founded at the University of Oregon
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Who was the choir director at both...
2 different schools in Eugene, the town I live in
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Churchill and North Eugene, and we got to
make this video
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So, I really hope you guys enjoyed it,
I hope you got goosebumps when
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The last scene comes in and you can see
everyone on the risers...
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It's just a special song
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This song couldn't have been made without
the support of my Patrons at Patreon
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And if you guys would like to learn more
about that, I really encourage you
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To click through and check out Patreon
I have a link down below as well
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Please pass this on to... anyone you love
It would mean the world to me
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And... yeah... celebrate life, and love,
and don't take any moments for granted
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To many people spend life focusing on
disappointment and fear and hate
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Especially this time of year
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Just celebrate love and celebrate your life
and tell those around you that you love them
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Love you guys, music coming all the time
Peace!
