Author: Mike Margolies

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Inspired by Burning Man, a group of us spent Christmas Day building a life-sized Santa Claus on the beach, then we burned it down that night!

Recorded 25 December 2013 in Om Beach, Gokarna, Karnataka, India

Edited and produced by Andrew K White (@WhiteAndrewK)

 

It’s Christmas at the Carters’!
Oh what a sight!
Presents flowing like great waters
Oh what a delight!

Tata Linda’s cooking dinner
Uncle David’s politicin’
Steven’s trying to be the winner
But his points just aren’t stickin’

Mom is trying to make the peace
Rich is drinking wine and laughing
Ashley’s dressing dogs in fleece
And Ben’s daydreaming of backpacking

Grandmere’s happy in this moment
Being with this crazy crew
And Michael wants to make atonement
He’s sending his love to all of you

Christmas at the Carters’!
It’s Christmas at the Carters’!
Where presents flow like waters!
It’s Christmas at the Carters’!

Merry Christmas from Gokarna, Karnataka, India! 🙂

Video performance of the song: http://youtu.be/HAs9Q_IbWgY

The lizard boy swam with all of his might
Only one week until the big fight
Pushing himself through every last turn
Training and training, trying to learn
He finally made it across to the shore
Only to turn back and train himself more
After the sunset, he wandered back home
After the sunrise, again he will roam

Karnataka, India

Inhale, fall
Exhale, spring

Arambol, Goa, India

They call him The Voice
He has a choice
He can make you smile
And you dance for a while

Arambol, Goa, India

Sitting on a beach
Hearing lessons that you teach
I want you to know
That I will never go

Singing like a bird
I wish that you had heard
That I don’t wanna fly
Just to lie beneath the sky

Spending all my days
In all these pleasant ways
All I need is you
I promise I’ll be true

Come out of your cave
Come and surf a wave
It’s a bullet in your past
From a shotgun made of flowers

Written with Nirvana Warner-Hughes, alternating verses in between swimming in the ocean of Arambol Beach, Goa, India

Video performance of the song: http://youtu.be/ZLzZVKIAzcY

Henna ink
Treasures sink
Old Monk drink
No more think

Arambol, Goa, India

Warm sand,
Soothing sea
Nothing’s bland
When life’s this free

Arambol, Goa, India

He’s a secret spy
But he’s a nice guy
Driving down the street
Bad guys he will beat
Going on a date
Don’t want to be late
Now he’s saved the day
Won him a la-day

Arambol, Goa, India