Albatross is ontstaan tijdens een bezoek aan het Royal Albatross Centre in Dunedin, Nieuw-Zeeland. De enige plek ter wereld waar albatrossen op het vaste land hun nest bouwen. De jongen van deze majestueuze vogels keren altijd terug naar hun geboortegrond om vaak maar 30 meter van hun ouderlijk nest, zelf voor nakomelingen te zorgen.

Tekst:

Now the bird is slowly gliding
High upon the southern sea
On the wind she’s gliding
Writing her own poetry

A long way she has travelled
Now she finally made het way
Soaring on the wind she’s coming
Carried by the rising air

And when she sees the Bay of Islands
She descents searching for a place to breed
And in that soft tall grass she will built her nest
And brood until she has a chick to feed

She rested on the ocean surface
Waiting for the winds to come
To lift het of that salty water
Singing her beautiful song

Guided by a mental compass
She found her natal colony
Soaring on the wind she’s turning
Overcomes her gravity

And when she sees the Bay of Islands
She descents searching for a place to breed
And in that soft tall grass she will built her nest
And brood until she has a chick to feed

She will fly until the morning sun
She will glide to open sea
She will fly until she finds the one
she will glide until she’s free

Muzikanten:

Marrit van Brummelen: zang en gitaar
Frank Kooijman: zang en banjo
Kas van Diepen: contrabas
Arnoud Deyll: mondharmonica
Jaap Berends: slidegitaar
Tessa Zoutendijk: viool
Eric Dillisse: drums