Forty-Three Days Blue — A Song Inspired by Kelsey Pflendler becomes the first American woman to row alone from California to Hawaii, completing the 2,400-mile voyage in 43 days and raising money for river-guide care.

[Verse 1]
Lily, my ridiculous room
You and me and the moon's bad grin
We took the long way through the blue
And wore the long way on our skin

[Pre-Chorus]
Pull when the daylight burns
Pull when the black waves laugh
Pull till the whole world turns
Into a dock at last

[Chorus]
Forty-three days blue
I was smaller than the sea
But the sea was not bigger than through
Forty-three days blue
Harbor lights, hundred hands
All calling me new

[Verse 2]
I learned to love the ugly lunch
The wet sock, the stubborn joke
The current throwing one more punch
The little prayer my knuckles spoke

[Bridge]
I cried before the ending came
For the hard room I would lose
Some cages make a person weak
Some teach the wings what to do

[Final Chorus]
Forty-three days blue
I was smaller than the sea
But the sea was not bigger than through
Forty-three days blue
Lily laughs, harbor stands
And I step out new