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Remember You Happy

from Sands Of Time by Karyn Michaelson

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My partner was getting ready to die, so the second verse is pretty much verbatim one of our last conversations

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Rabbit fur up your nose
I remember you happy with so much to give
With a hand to lend a ready friend who wants to live
And I remember you happy with your laughing eyes
All the times we played the dreams we made so free and wild
So wrong
What they did to you thought that you had made it through
To the person that you wanna be
So hard
Then the walls came down everything got turned around
Twisted and turning tortured by your memories
Insane
We gave everything all our fortunes to the king the horses couldn’t help you this time
So hard
Furtive action the captain of distraction
I did everything to help the pain to subside
But I remember you happy with so much to give
With a hand to lend a ready friend who wants to live
And I remember you happy with your laughing eyes
All the times we played the dreams we made so free and wild
You said
It’s not that I don’t wanna live it’s that I don’t wanna don’t wanna suffer anymore
I said
Do you have anything for us earthlings behind before you take off and soar
You said
Yes take advantage of all the experience our bodies allow us to have
The pleasures of food the laughter of friends experience it to it’s full perspective
And I remember you happy
Now that you’re gone I have to carry on You know I couldn’t do it before
I wasn’t strong enough I wasn’t ready
I think you stuck around to help me some more
Even though you were severely compromised a shell of what you used to be
I was forced to grow became strong for us and now my love you’re free
You’re free
And I remember you happy with so much to give
With a hand to lend a ready friend who wants to live
And I remember you happy with your laughing eyes
All the times we played the dreams we made so free and wild
I remember you I remember you I remember you happy
For life is long

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from Sands Of Time, released October 7, 2023
cello: Maria Scherer Wilson
dialog: Christal Larson

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Karyn Michaelson Seattle, Washington

A rootsy, soul-fueled mix of pop-folk/americana

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