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Table light

from Age of Wisdom by Rachel Austin

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This song was an experiment, and I think it's one of the best I've written [yet]. I wrote it after a weekend getting snowed in with my brother and sister. Table Light takes me back to some of the long talks we had that blizzardy weekend.

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Table Light

Table light, I gave
to you my tale.
Though the fire dies!
Tears flow rough and new.

I went to town to see
a trusted friend of mine.
Gin, it poured - too fast -
Till soon I was blind.

Calm, my brother, calm;
Tears flow rough and new; the snow-
Outside it blows
But here I need you.

Know I did not fight,
For then I should have won!
Feeble on that night,
My mind was like a stone.

Breathe, my sister, breathe;
Your comfort is my guide.
The snow outside – it blows!
The fire brings us light.

Blue and black,
The skin was torn and tough.
Had I that night back,
Would I push him off?

Oh, my family tree,
Could daylight clear my mind?
When someone takes your trust,
They cannot take your life.

credits

from Age of Wisdom, released July 5, 2010
Vocals, Acoustic guitar & Electric guitar: Rachel Austin
Acoustic upright bass: Anthony "Korny" Devenney
Percussion: Michael Sampson
Banjo: Declan Legge
Tromba Marino: Paul Stapleton

Produced by Declan Legge
Recorded and mixed by Declan Legge at Big Space Studios, Northern Ireland.
Mastered by T.W. Walsh, Boston, U.S.A.

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Rachel Austin New York, New York

Experimental folk singer and improviser.

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