Story of my Life
from Leaves from the Family Tree by Polly Paulusma
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STORY OF MY LIFE
I know you of old: you're the eye at the door of my dreaming and every failure, each tumble in time, you've observed me unblinking; every night you're there, just like the one before...
Why don't you come on in, and make yourself at home? My door is open wide, and if you sit me down and run it back again, the story of my life, then I might just see where I went wrong.
Black box recorder, you've got it all locked in your memory: ev'ry misguided side-swipe when I was just trying to be friendly. Press yourself against the crack, it's always been ajar.
Why don't you come on in, and fix yourself a drink, I've nothing left to hide, and if you sit me down and tell me what you think, the story of my life, then I might see where I crashed and burned...
How could I get it so wrong? How could I? Yeah, for so long? How could I, never knowing what was true? This time, I'm going to listen to you.
You're with me again, oh that calm-centred eye of my maelstrom. You're a ribbon of stitch-sky to lift me through turbulent rainstorms; you've seen my all and still you choose to tag along…
Why don't you come on in, and make yourself at home? I've nothing left to hide, and if you sit me down and run it back again, the story of my life, then I might just see where I went wrong.
I know you of old: you're the eye at the door of my dreaming and every failure, each tumble in time, you've observed me unblinking; every night you're there, just like the one before...
Why don't you come on in, and make yourself at home? My door is open wide, and if you sit me down and run it back again, the story of my life, then I might just see where I went wrong.
Black box recorder, you've got it all locked in your memory: ev'ry misguided side-swipe when I was just trying to be friendly. Press yourself against the crack, it's always been ajar.
Why don't you come on in, and fix yourself a drink, I've nothing left to hide, and if you sit me down and tell me what you think, the story of my life, then I might see where I crashed and burned...
How could I get it so wrong? How could I? Yeah, for so long? How could I, never knowing what was true? This time, I'm going to listen to you.
You're with me again, oh that calm-centred eye of my maelstrom. You're a ribbon of stitch-sky to lift me through turbulent rainstorms; you've seen my all and still you choose to tag along…
Why don't you come on in, and make yourself at home? I've nothing left to hide, and if you sit me down and run it back again, the story of my life, then I might just see where I went wrong.
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from Leaves from the Family Tree,
released May 28, 2012
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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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