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Inspired by A Day In The Life Of A Smiling Woman, by Margaret Drabble.

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Convinced that they were the same She started playing her game
And knowing nothing she was able to persuade herself of everything
And his impression on her mind was made He who has no name
She knew nothing but his face
And the way he had behaved that day And the comfort he displayed
In the repetition of small unnecessary acts She was the type who felt no intimation was too delicate to exist it or perhaps
just to vain to describe.
But it’s in his eyes, well it’s in his eyes, It’s in his eyes
Oh and an unfamiliar face allows us to create A perfection in our midst
that might never exist
But we believe it all the same
Like the conclusion that you drew from that bit of me you saw
In that slight piece of time
when I might have been awed
I might have been awed, I might have been awed
Oh by your eyes, by your eyes,
I might have been awed
By your shoes and your hair
and that book I’ve read before
That you had in your hand,
and you held to your face
Trying to pretend you weren’t staring my way And her impression on his mind was made And convinced they were the same
Knowing nothing he was able
to persuade himself of everything
Like the conclusion that you drew from that bit of me you saw
In that slight piece of time
when I might have been awed
I might have been awed, I might have been awed
My edges were left blurred
for fantasy to occur
You laid your claim
on the vision of me you’d made My edges were left blurred
for fantasy to occur
You laid your claim
on the vision of me you’d made

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from The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6), released May 5, 2017
Poppy Pitt - vocals. Ben Please - guitar, vocals. Beth Porter - vocals. Jools Scott - piano.

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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