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Perú song

from the session by Josh Barkey

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This one's a little love song for the place I grew up.

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LYRICS:

I was raised in the Amazon,
in the jungles of Perú.
But that whole life has come and gone
and left me here with you.

Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti.
Mi corazón llora si.

Barefoot, runnin’ wild and free,
in the jungles of Perú.
Lookin’ back now, I can’t believe
all the crazy things we’d do.
Piraña fishin, moto tag –
how I wish I could take you there.
Mango trees and a jungle breeze,
hibiscus in your hair.

Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti.
Mi corazón llora si.

I wonder if you’ve lost someone,
or something you held dear.
A bitter pain that you carry now,
an always falling tear.
But what if tears are just a grateful
heart that’s breaking through?
A way to take a part
of what you had along with you?

Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti.
Mi corazón llora si.
Ay ai ai. So far from you.
My heart cries out, “I love you.”

So long gone but still I long
for what I had with you.
My childhood home,
mi corazón – mi querido Perú.

Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti.
Mi corazón llora si.
Ay ai ai. So far from you.
My heart cries out, “Te amo, Perú.”

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from the session, released January 23, 2024

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Josh Barkey Waxhaw, North Carolina

I grew up barefoot in the Amazon jungle, catching and eating piranhas before they could catch and eat me.

After hand planting around half a million baby trees in the wilds of Canada, I cut my creative teeth as a painter, poet, writer of fiction, sculptor, and filmmaker.

Now (on the eve of an apocalypse) seemed as good a time as any to add another art form to the mix. ... more

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