Dive in! Swim with us, alongside sea turtles and whales, on a musical odyssey into the Earth's one mysterious, marvelous – and precious – ocean.
ONLY ONE OCEAN is 14 rockin’ new songs from the Banana Slugs all designed to inspire young people and their families to learn about and care for the ocean.
Immediate download of The Living Sea in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Inspired by the Imax movie by the same title, this tune is enhanced by the stunning kora playing of Karamo Cissokho.
lyrics
THE LIVING SEA
The ocean is the mother of every land
From the Himalayan snow to the California sand
And the ocean gives the living what the living need
We are breathing with the ocean, with the living sea
Chorus:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, with the living sea
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, celebration
Ooh, ooh, ooh, with the living sea
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, celebrate
Everything is touched by the ocean’s reach
From the high mountain tops to the wind-blown beach
We are all island people surrounded by one sea
As the ocean gives the living what the living needs
[Chorus]
To the moon and to the stars, our rockets can soar
While the depths of the oceans have not yet been explored
There is wisdom, there is beauty, there is mystery
In the pulsing, rocking rhythm of the living sea
[Chorus]
The ancient salty sea flows within us all
The largest life is in the ocean down to the very small
Keep it vital, treat it kind, give it sanctity
All life is intertwined with the living sea
[Chorus]
credits
from Only One Ocean,
released January 11, 2011
Karamo Cissokho - kora
George Winston - slack key
Booty-shakin' music for kids ... or anyone 'young' enough to love this precious
Earth!
"The best thing about Banana Slug String Band albums? An adult can listen to them [i]almost[/i] as many times as the kids want them played and not experience an urge to strangle a purple dinosaur.
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