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Ballad of The Longtime Mother

from What Is Done In Love by Emma Claire Gies

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lyrics

once upon a long time ago lived the long time mother
she would give and she would take life spread from one to another
living in dark valleys and streams she is always near you
ask her for whatever you need, and she will provide

all along all along all along all along

even as the weight of the world seems to move right through you
open to the pressure and find what you're looking for
we were never suited for what they are after darlin'
open to your own source of light, it is all you need now

in the empty spaces love is on the wind, love is in the air
it's all around just waiting for you to let it in forever and again
there's a love that's waiting, feel it on the wind feel it in the air
it's all around this moment, learn to receive all that you see

it's not enough it's not enough it's not enough it's not enough

there's a love that's waiting, feel it on the wind feel it in the air
it's all around this moment, learn to receive all that you see
in the empty spaces love is on the wind love is in the air
it's all around this moment for us to let it in forever and again

it's not enough it's not enough

even as the weight of the world seems to move right through you
open to the pressure and find what you're looking for
once upon a long time ago lived the longtime mother
she would give and she would take life all along

all along all along all along all along

credits

from What Is Done In Love, released November 24, 2018
Music and lyrics by Emma Claire Gies
Recorded and Mixed by Jared Pepper, Broad Street Visitor's Center
Mastered by Ben Price, Studilaroche

Musicians:
Emma Gies- violin, voice
Jared Pepper- piano, percussion, vibes, bass
Rebecca Bays- cello
George Kotler-Wallace- pedal steel
Eliot Eidelman- voice, guitar

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Emma Claire Gies Boston, Massachusetts

I play violin and sing, mostly. With my music I work to create a space of beauty, flow, and release (of knots, physical, mental, emotional) in favor of an ever expanding heart.

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