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I wrote this song for my Aunt Judy. She was an alcoholic and allergic to alcohol. She let herself die. I wish she would have just waited. Things change. It makes me very sad.
She collected miniature elephants. And her alcoholism was like the elephant in the room. I had a dream after she died that she came to visit me. I wrote this song after that.
Elephant
Sit there all day,
Sit there all time,
Sit on the couch alone.
Little glass eyes,
Stone eyes,
A shelf of eyes once loved
Look down and pray
This isn't how we find her.
When I saw her,
No it was not like skin.
It was a stretch of light
That pulled from eyes to chin.
That was not hers,
Though she wore it for me.
And she lived it down below
The day she died.
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rbnyc
Aug 2012
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Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)1. That was very moving and moody
You are quite a talented artist.
rbnyc
(17,045 posts)2. Thanks so much.
I just got my hands on a bunch of old recordings I thought were lost. I'm having fun making videos. Thanks for listening.
GReedDiamond
(5,371 posts)3. Nice work, very moving and ethereal...
...I hardly ever get to use that word.
Anyway, I like it.
Very sorry about your aunt.
rbnyc
(17,045 posts)4. Thanks.
Thanks for listening.