From the recording Open Water
Marc Audet, a local musician, has created a music video to support the ongoing $2.5M fund raising campaign called “Closer to Home” being run by the Deep River & District Hospital (DRDH). The campaign aims to build a 96-bed Long-Term Care home in Deep River, greatly expanding the capacity for long term care in North Renfrew and bringing 200 new jobs to the community.
Musicians Alastair MacDonald (piano), Karen Steven (fiddle), Chelsea Cheng (cello), and Anne Audet (harmony vocals) collaborated with Marc to develop song arrangements. Sound designer John MacLean then turned the recorded parts into a beautiful song.
The song speaks to the virtues of living in a small town and a close-knit community and how special it is that seniors requiring long term care can get this support in town (in the new 200 bed facility being built). Close to Home!
Lyrics
Close to Home, Marc Audet
A lifetime in, this quiet town
The friendships made, the pleasures found
The beach sand drags, as I slowly walk each way
Friends I see, friends they wave
A smile, a nod, goes a long long way
This town is home, it’s still much the same
With winding streets and backyard lanes
This place is me, I can’t explain
It’s good to know these things don’t have to end
Cause I’m, going to be, close to home
That place to be just down the road
It’s going to be my new home
The winters come, with snowbanks tall
Bundled warm, don’t slip and fall
But March brings in, that long warming sun
The garden’s ripe, with food to spare
This love of life, it what we share
Those decades pass, like the silent depth of snow
A lifetime in this quiet town
The place is me, I have found
It’s good to know these things don’t have to end
Cause I’m, going to be, close to home
That place to be just down the road
It’s going to be my new home
A lifetime in this quiet town
The friendships made, the pleasures found
It’s good to know these things don’t have to end