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"Picture by the Bedside" is an alternative rock/indie rock track that blends emotional depth with a steady, reflective energy. The song explores the lingering presence of a lost love, with lyrics like “Your picture by the bedside won’t let me hide” capturing the pain of holding onto memories that refuse to fade. Much like Death Cab for Cutie’s "I Will Follow You into the Dark" or The National’s "I Need My Girl," this song carries a sense of longing, where the ache of the past is inescapable. With its subtle guitars and melancholic tone, "Picture by the Bedside" mirrors the emotional conflict between letting go and holding on, while drawing from the introspective soundscapes of bands like Wilco and Snow Patrol. It's a poignant reflection on love, memory, and the quiet resilience it takes to move forward.

Can I whisper in your ear?
Sweet hello my dear 
Oh don't wake me from this dream
Nothing is what it seems
If I could stop the leaves from falling
Hear your voice calling
Change all these colors from blue
And stop our hearts from breaking in two
This is what I'd do
Oh how I try
But your picture by the bedside
Wont let me hide 
From the feeling of you by my side
And all the tears I cried

A dream cannot help the fall
There are the boxes in the hall
That remind me
There's a little piece of you 
In whatever I do
Maybe if I could make you smile 
You would stay for awhile
But I think it's time to say goodbye
Oh how I try
But your picture by the bedside
Wont let me hide 
From the feeling of you by my side
And all the tears I cried

"Picture by the Bedside" Written and Performed by Northern Sky

Picture By The Bedside

First recorded in January 2022. 
From the album Spuk3.

It's a song about youth and having to grow up too fast, hopelessness. It's not really about one specific person, there's bits that are definitely about this person or that, and bits that are definitely about me.

This new version was mixed and mastered by
Woods Studio Norway Mixing and Mastering 
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Lyrics

Ah, little Jenny Tucker.
Reputation as a looker.
Walking up and down on her beat.
Bin by the sands.
More than holding hands.
With her high-heeled shoes on her feet.
Says it's alright.... It's alright... it's alright...

Oh, I feel like I should go.
But I guess you'd never know.
So I always stay.
Now there's no walking away.
But it's alright... It's alright... it's alright...

A real easy lady.
To anything she says maybe.
Her doors open usually.
But she caught me at a bad 
Time in my life.
One another had me down on my knees.
But it's alright... it's alright..  it's alright...

Am I Wasting my time on you?
I only wanted a screw.
Now I've gotta pay.
If I walk away.
But it's alright... it's alright... it's alright...

Trapped with you by circumstance, 
I never stood a fucking chance,
You made all decisions you see, 
before the thought occurred to me. 
It's alright... it's alright... it's alright...

My drinking days were hindering.
I didn't know where to begin.
To get away from you, my sweet.
To cast aside that thing called...
It's alright... it's alright... it's alright...

Jenny was wandering alone around the town.
Trusting to providence to not let her down.
Hoping to snatch.
A happening from the night air.
Forgetting all her worries and her manifold fears.

See, Jenny has numerous problems in life.
Learned not to care about it.
To take the strife.
Wittle away at everything that she owned.
She never thought to let out.
A cry or a moan.

Ah, Jenny was kicked out of care at sixteen.
Sat on a wall, to eat her pudding.
The opposite things.
Were all that she'd ever known.
A mattress in a bedsit.
The only thing that she owned.

So, Jenny was viewing the storm from above.
She expected nothing.
Not least to go up.
Going to war, with expected fancies.
She could charm the snakes.
Out from under a tree.

A pretty face like yours could get you away.
If you had a head on your shoulders to  say...
"I don't want this! I don't want anything more!"
But it's easier to buy your gifts from a store.

Jenny's not strong enough to stand it for long.
All of the choices she made had been  wrong.
A man for tomorrow.
Another one for yesterday.
The things in your way.
A bomb to blow them away.

While the night ain't over.
While the night is moving.

It's alright. 

Jenny says, you're out of her life.
She's never gonna be your wife.

Jenny says, you've gone too far.
She's driving off in your fast car.

Jenny says fuck you shes done.
You'll never find where she has gone.

It's alright.

Jenny is stepping right up to the plate.
Jenny is standing at the starting gate.
Jenny is leaving us.
Jenny is off into space.
A selfless sacrifice.
Which at least she can face.

Jenny's a mystery.
Jenny's a bore.
Jenny was crying out for a bit more.
Jenny took everything.
Whilst the cat was away.
Jenny says there was nothing left for you to pay.

Jenny has LSD in a small bag.
Jenny has fingers to take off the tabs.
I don't want this life. 
I don't want anything more.
Rid of the things in her way.
With the tools to make them all pay 

Jenny's a superstar.
Jenny's a tramp.
Jenny has no one in this world to thank.
Jennys got soldiers lined up next to her egg.
Ah, making you beg.
A scar at the top of her leg.


The Ballad Of Jenny Tucker [2024 Remaster]

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