Liz (featuring Yvonne Lyon)

from Tracks LP by The Powdered Earth

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Siblings left and siblings right
Surviving in Glasgow was a fight
Working a coffee machine
At just fifteen
Met a catholic guy
Became my love, by and by
He was from the shipyards at Clyde
Fifty years by his side
Fifty years

Visiting was banned
So we plotted and planned
In Gloucester, I became a spouse
With a mortgage and house
Three kids needed space
Sixty years ago, that little place
With whatever means we had
We did our best as mum and dad
He was a sweet and kindly bloke
For many years before the stroke
And then the hospital bout
My husband went in and a stranger came out

Lost my job and gained more bills
So I went and learned some new skills
Stood on my own two feet
He should have been pleased but he was no longer sweet
A sad, sad lesson to learn:
People stop coming when things take a turn
But when they took him into care
He blossomed in the company there

Sometimes you tighten your belt
No use dwelling on the hand you’re dealt
Nothing that comes can be rehearsed
Happiness is kindness first
But I’ve been lucky
I get on with everyone
Under the sun
You have to be plucky
And walk a dark, stony road
Before you’re done

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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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