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Inspired by A Tale For The Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki.

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I found a way
To make time stay
Write it down fast, before it floats away
My words, all washed up, on the shore
Yours, scattered like leaves on the floor
And our times, are far apart
So I will build a bridge, with words alone
And I’ll fill these pages,
with moments I’ve known
And you have my hand
And you have a way to, understand
How much time has passed
And how old I have grown
My time, it won’t stay
I see each minute as it floats away
Like your golden words
Fall to the floor between you and me
I’m trying to see
These moments of time are lost in rhyme
I’m trying to see
So I will build a bridge, with words alone
And I’ll fill these pages,
With moments I’ve known
And you have my hand
And you have a way to, understand
How much time has passed
And how old I have grown
You are the reader of these words
that I write as they happen in time
And our times, are far apart
But my watch, on your wrist, it still ticks
And my watch, on your wrist, it still ticks
And these pages are filled with
every stitch of the time that I spent
But my watch, on your wrist, it still ticks
And my watch, on your wrist, it still ticks

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from The Complete Works (Years 2 - 6), released May 5, 2017
Poppy Pitt - vocals, guitar. Beth Porter - cello, vocals. Ben Please - guitar, vocals. Song sponsor - Canongate.

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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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