Blood-Red Coat
from Leaves from the Family Tree by Polly Paulusma
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Polly wrote this track on a day in late January when she saw the first snowdrop peeping through the frozen earth at the Botanic Garden in Cambridge.
lyrics
BLOOD-RED COAT
When the earth has turned to stone and the flowers have been sleeping forever, I put on my blood-red coat as a protest against this foul weather.
And I can't keep it out forever, and I can't keep it in here much longer, because any day now, it's going to be spring.
When my heart has turned to stone and my voice is the sound in a seashell, I put on my blood-red coat to remind me that G-d's in the detail.
And I can't keep him out forever, and I can't keep him in here much longer because my bones are growing stronger and, any day now, my life's going to begin… like a butterfly! shed the skin of this other life! It's a sin to waste a minute I've been given, so begin it just as soon as I feel warmth upon my skin…
When my eyes have turned to stone and my mem'ries are darkly receding, I'll take off my blood-red coat so that no-one will notice me leaving.
And I won't wait it out forever, and I won't keep it at bay much longer because that bright light's growing stronger, and any day now I'll be stretching my wings… because any day now, it's going to be spring.
When the earth has turned to stone and the flowers have been sleeping forever, I put on my blood-red coat as a protest against this foul weather.
And I can't keep it out forever, and I can't keep it in here much longer, because any day now, it's going to be spring.
When my heart has turned to stone and my voice is the sound in a seashell, I put on my blood-red coat to remind me that G-d's in the detail.
And I can't keep him out forever, and I can't keep him in here much longer because my bones are growing stronger and, any day now, my life's going to begin… like a butterfly! shed the skin of this other life! It's a sin to waste a minute I've been given, so begin it just as soon as I feel warmth upon my skin…
When my eyes have turned to stone and my mem'ries are darkly receding, I'll take off my blood-red coat so that no-one will notice me leaving.
And I won't wait it out forever, and I won't keep it at bay much longer because that bright light's growing stronger, and any day now I'll be stretching my wings… because any day now, it's going to be spring.
credits
from Leaves from the Family Tree,
track released May 28, 2012
Polly Paulusma: vocals, guitars, hums. John Parker: double bass. Rastko Rasic: drums.
Polly Paulusma: vocals, guitars, hums. John Parker: double bass. Rastko Rasic: drums.
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Wild Sound Recordings Cambridge, UK
Record label which distributes and licenses songs and instrumental tracks of acoustic folk roots artists. Founded in 2012 by Polly Paulusma after leaving One Little Independent Records, it now works with other artists. “Wild sound”, aka “wild track”, is the recording a sound engineer makes of air moving in an environment to be used in a mix. It captures the sound a place makes just by being. ... more
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