This song was composed for my mother in 1981 and recorded at Heights Sound Studio by Karl Calliouet.
lyrics
Marianne
"Food's comin' off the stove
So clean those hands, get your brothers
And come sit down with us...
Whose turn for sayin' grace?
Oh, Dixie phoned...
Wants to go see a movie
Sammie, might I go?"
When memory leads me back there
Everything seemed to fit alright
You taught me how to read a book and be polite
Your world, it broke in two
And each of us tried our very best to make sense of you
And seeing how you changed,
Your husband found no recourse but to let go of you
And when the wind was churning
No one was by your side
And I, I felt so helpless and removed
Mother, I love you so
And I understand what you glimpsed
And couldn't bear inside
Perhaps the world's not nice
Perhaps somehow there's sand got in our eyes
But when the wind is churning
Call for me at once
And know that love survives
In the darkness
credits
from Little Catches,
released March 15, 2021
Max Dyer is playing the cello and I'm doing everything else.
I've been writing and performing original songs since I was in my early twenties and this CD, "Little Catches," offers a broad selection from over a twenty-five year span.
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