From the recording Driftwood
©2026 David Paul Martin. Made possible in partnership with Hawk’s House Records. Mixed by Ethan Frantz. Mastered by Justin Perkins. Design and photography by Steven Duke.
Saxophone - Jason Reisdorf
All other instruments - David Paul-Martin Niemi
Lyrics
I'm a piece of driftwood washed up on your shore
I'm worn and weathered, sculpted by the storms
I'm a piece of driftwood, I've seen better days
I didn't see you coming to pull me from the waves
Oh
You picked me up when I was down
You said, "This one's special, like none I've ever found"
You took me to your garden, planted flowers all around
I'm a piece of driftwood, but I'm your piece of driftwood now
I've seen a hundred sunsets paint the water with a warming glow
And I've felt the fury of the unrelenting winter storms
I used to be real lonely, so cold and so afraid
But like a ray of sunshine you brightened up my day
You picked me up when I was down
You said, "This one's special, like none I've ever found"
You took me to your garden, planted flowers all around
I'm a piece of driftwood, but I'm your piece of driftwood now
Ooh
Oh I'm yours now, yeah, oh
I'm yours now
Oh you picked me up when I was down
You said, "This one's special, like none I've ever found"
You took me to your garden, planted flowers all around
I'm a piece of driftwood, but I'm your piece of driftwood now
Ooh
Oh I'm yours now, yeah, oh
I'm yours now
Oh I'm yours now
