alone and unafraid

alone & unafraid - clairo (cover)

My Kink Is Karma

kiss me, kiss me

sunburn

Preformed for Appleville’s 200912 online fundraiser.

Clairo - Locked Away

let my baby stay, from a previously lost EP. Recorded on Jan 20th, 2015.

Sweet

let my baby stay

For Now

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Naked In Manhattan

Femininomenon

Verse 1
I ran after the bus,
Feet slipping in the dust,
Your name screaming out of me:
“Mom — why didn’t you wait for me?”
But the wheels kept turning,
The windows stayed blind,
And I was left with nothing but me.
Mom — why didn’t you wait for me?

Chorus
Mom, why didn’t you wait for me?
Don’t you know how much I need?
I’ll search forever, street to street,
Till your arms are holding me.

Verse 2
Everywhere I went,
I was looking for you,
Checking each face
For something that was you.
A turn of the head,
A look of the eye,
But it was never you,
No matter how I tried.

Verse 3
I tried drawing your face
With a piece of old chalk,
I sketched your eyes,
I traced your walk.
But the lines went crooked,
Not even near by a mile,
No picture could capture
Your eyes or your smile.

Chorus
Mom, why didn’t you wait for me?
Don’t you know how much I need?
I’ll search forever, street to street,
Till your arms are holding me.

Verse 4
I kept searching,
no matter where I’d go—
above the streets and
even down below.
I miss the memory of you,
the touch of you,
even the smell of you—
Disappearing off my hands
like morning dew..

Verse 5
There were bad people
Who took things away,
It made me mad,
So I stayed far away.
I couldn’t find my way back home,
I walked up streets and back down.
I don’t remember this town,
And I feel so alone.

Chorus
Mom, why didn’t you wait for me?
Don’t you know how much I need?
I’ll search forever, street to street,
Till your arms are holding me.

Verse 6
Why am I all alone,
What did I do wrong?
Did I make you mad,
Was that it all along?
What was it that made
me so easy to leave?
Was it me wiping my
snot on my sleeve?

Verse 7
I made a new friend,
A cat who would purr.
When he let me hold him,
My eyes would blur.
He needed some food,
And so did I,
I tried to find some,
But he started to cry.

Chorus
Mom, why didn’t you wait for me?
Don’t you know how much I need?
I’ll search forever, street to street,
Till your arms are holding me.

Verse 8
I was hungry and weak,
I needed to sleep,
I found an old doghouse
For kitty and me.
I woke in the dark,
And I had to go,
I stepped outside
And saw the snow.

Bridge
That’s why I shiver,
That’s why I shake.
Mom, I promise
I’ll never forsake.
Please, oh please,
To Jesus I pray —
Find me, Mom,
Don’t turn away.

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Verse 9
Mom? What’s happening to me?
I’m lifted up, I’m not climbing a tree.
Mom? Is that you? Are you holding me?
Oh Mom, it --IS-- You! I can finally see.

Chorus
You’ve been holding me all along,
I didn’t do anything wrong.
You woke me from that horrible dream,
I'm so glad you aren't another dream

Final Verse
Oh Mom, I love you and hug you tight
You wouldn't believe what happened tonight
You were gone and I was still here.
And even my little kitty was full of fear.

Chorus
But you’ve been holding me all along,
I didn’t do anything wrong.
You woke me from that horrible dream,
I'm so glad you aren't another dream.

Outro
Mom, please don't ever,
leave me behind.


***** Description *****

A lost child’s voice fills this tender, haunting ballad of longing and imagination. Told through the eyes of a boy left behind, “Why Didn’t You Wait for Me” traces his desperate search for his mother — calling after a bus that never stops.

alone & unafraid - clairo (cover)

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