Cleaned out all your things today
Found that picture from last May
Coffee cups still paired in twos
Your toothbrush, I had to move

Etched In My Bones

Hand In Mine

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She’s not mine
She’ll never be mine
All those days when I thought she had time
When I feel like this, I want her near
She’s not mine, never be mine
But then time, should be on my side
I know time, should be on my side
But then time, should be on my side
But time, why does she take her time?
Where are you now? Where are you now?
It’s been 5 years now 
And I’m still not with her
Five years now and I’m still wanting her
When I feel like this, I want her near
But she’s not mine
Never be mine
Why can’t I tell her
How can I let her know
Let her know what I want
When I watched her go
Saw her go
Yeah I did
But I loved her
No, no, no, no
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
She’ll never be mine
All those days when I thought we had time
When I feel like this, I want her near
But she’s not mine, never be mine
Where are you now? Where are you now? Where are you now?
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?

Where are you now?

This emotionally resonant song, "The Keeper of Dreams," explores the journey of navigating life's challenges—its 'joys and pains' and shadowed moments—while being sustained and guided by an unwavering, profound love. Addressing a significant figure as the 'Keeper of Dreams,' the singer reflects on memory, desire ('petals of lost desires'), and the deep comfort found in feeling watched over and guided through darkness ('till morning light'). It speaks movingly to the enduring nature of a love that acts as an 'eternal flame,' illuminates the path forward like a 'sunrise,' and weaves a beautiful 'tapestry... of gold' through shared experiences. It's ultimately a heartfelt testament to finding strength, peace, and unwavering direction through an essential, loving connection.

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Blind Hypocrisy

This song is as old as us! Dusty Springfield's sprightly country folk version with the Springfields was the first British single to reach the top 20 in the American Billboard chart in 1962 (over a year before the 1964 British invasion). youtu.be/uz6HB9HYQz4 Written by Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds, it was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956 and covered by Linda Ronstadt in a kick-ass country rock version in the 1970s. youtu.be/pmQpYSBkwag
Not to mention Dolly Parton's happy honky tonk take on it youtu.be/VO4SYPRa3pI
Ours is nearer the much slower, much sadder version by Sandy Denny on her 'Rendezvous' album. If the lyric really does have an arch reference to the recreational drug use of the rich ('silver threads' 'golden needles' 'dare not drown my sorrows in the warm glow of your '"wine"') it rejects it (along with all the other consolations of money) as actually solving anything. Only 'the love you promised' can do that.
lyrics
I don't want your lonely mansion
With a tear in every room.
All I want's the love you promised
Beneath the haloed moon.
But you think I should be happy
With your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow
While you play your cheating game.
Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine.
And I dare not drown my sorrow
In the warm glow of your wine.
You can't buy my love with money
Cause I never was that kind.
Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine.
...
Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine.
And I dare not drown my sorrow
In the warm glow of your wine.
You can't buy my love with money
Cause I never was that kind.
Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine.
Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine.
credits
from Untied States of Americana (LP), released September 8, 2022
https://peacocks-tale.bandcamp.com/album/untied-states-of-americana-lp
Songwriters: Jack Rhodes / Dick Reynolds
Silver Threads and Golden Needles lyrics © Campbell Connelly And Co. Ltd., Campbell Connelly And Co.ltd.

Maz - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Gaz - bass, bass drum, hi hat, tambo, tom, floor tom, bells, backing vocal.

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