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Somebody's Mother

from Signs & Wonders by Bleu Charrette

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Sad and based on a true story...

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She looks out at the rain, takes another cigarette
She’d like to wash away the pain, she cannot forget
She wanders to the window, to the mirror of night
She wonders why a shadow should seem quite so white...

She lights a cigarette and lets out a breath
Sees smoke pirouette in a slow dance of death
She gazes at photographs fading in a frame
Hears voices and echoed laughs calling her name...

Her children have gone, they don’t want to know
And her husband passed on a lifetime ago

She stubs the cigarette into an ashtray.
She knew they’d forget their mother’s birthday
And there's mist on her glasses. She listens to the rain
Funny how time passes, water down the drain...

She has a one-barred fire. It’s too dear to light
Time to retire - six o' clock at night
She's nothing to live for. She climbs up the stairs
Nothing anymore and she knows no-one cares...

The tears freeze within her. She shivers with the cold
Somebody's mother, alone growing old...

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from Signs & Wonders, released December 31, 2016
Words and Music: James Armstrong
Vocals: James Armstrong and Sacha Touw
Harmonica: Sacha Touw
Guitar: James Armstrong

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Bleu Charrette Cahors, France

Bleu Charrette are a " Folk Roots" duo based in the South West of France. The duo consists of James Armstrong and Sacha Touw. Their combinations of beautiful harmonies punctuated on guitar by James and Sacha on cajon and harmonica, produce an evocative tapestry of sound ranging from feel good dance tunes to poignant observations on life and love. A must see act ! ... more

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