"The Muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited." - Stephen King
Here's another ghost story from me. This one's about a dead parent and a mention of birthdays. August the 2nd is my birthday, and I found out my mama died on 8/2 last year. Shit sucked, and I'm still parsing it...so here's song born of the feelings of it even though it doesn't exactly track with the experience of it I used the Mexican lady in white "la Llorona" as inspiration for this one as well. It needs a lot of work continuity-wise, but I like the vibe. I'm having problems with my Kronos so I'm probably going to be doing a lot of acoustic and Hammond work in the next few weeks. May do a few more of these Americana vibe ones, it's a nice diversion from my usual spacey shit.
lyrics
There she laid in her gold brocaded gown
Springtime raindrops lightly kissed the ground
Lost her children, her man he weren’t around
Left alone her voice a lonely sound singing
La llorona, my baby’s gone away
My kids are grown, they telephoned today
We spoke briefly, there wasn’t much to say
Pray for my youngest, today was his birthday
Thought I heard a whisper on the air
Was just the wind and my mama’s empty chair
Missing my brother, my ma and him died there
Both dressed in white with long and flowing hair
When daddy left she sat beside the phone
Brother man made sure that she weren’t alone
I was at school left all on my own
When in the lake they made their final home singing
La llorona, my baby’s gone away
My kids are grown, they telephoned today
We spoke briefly, there wasn’t much to say
Pray for my youngest, today was his birthday
credits
from Round 33, Week 5,
released August 9, 2021
Image by David Mark from Pixabay.
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