Christa (featuring Alison Eales)

from Tracks LP by The Powdered Earth

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Goodbye, Leipzig, at fifteen
A cold wind blew where my home had been
If there was a future, no one knew
The many peaceful hearts displaced by the few
I try not to think of that dirty place
Haunted lines on every face
The drawn-out sighing
Of young dreams dying

In Berlin in ’58
I met my British soulmate
Eddie, one day, would put down his gun
We moved to Gloucester in ’71
When life is hard-fought
Gratitude is felt, not taught
Some folk will always be
Grateful

My husband is nine years gone
My six children, they live on
I skied every year with my sons
The memories are happy ones
All are pensioners now
Where did the time go?
When, and how?

I’ve seen much of the world, it’s true
But I refuse to believe I’m through
I don’t see so well these days
But when there’s will, there’s ways
I know I won’t see it all
And maybe I can’t manage long-haul
But still I ignore the constraints
I’ve had a good life – no complaints
I’ll always be
Grateful

I will dance under silver moon
We will return to stardust soon

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from Tracks LP, released March 20, 2024

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The Powdered Earth are Gloucester, UK based writer/producer duo George Moorey and Shane Young.

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