Carolann Solebello: songs

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My mother told me
When I was very young
The future is your oyster
You are my golden girl
But solo flying
Brought only broken bones and feathers
I never earned my burnished wings
I never found the pearl

I had nothing
But the waves upon the beachhead
That beat upon the shifting sand yet never turned the tide
Now I have everything
Since I carried you within me
You will never be without me
You are all that I’ve done right

My hands were empty
Tomorrow slipped between my fingers
Every castle I designed
Just crumbled in the sand
But on the shoreline
Every breaker holds a promise
I knew I found my treasure
When I held you in my hands

I had nothing
But a pile of tiny pebbles
That skipped across the waves and then just vanished out of sight
Now I have everything
Not diamonds you’ll inherit
But a shiny pair of mended wings
You are all that I’ve done right

And when you’re older
You might think I’m foolish
You might think you’re wiser than this faded chorus girl
But I know one thing
Whatever slips between your fingers
One tiny grain is all it takes
To make a shiny pearl

I had nothing
But the last light of the evening
That slipped away ‘til morning in the velvet of the night
Now this is everything
So when you fly away, love
Even if you lose your way
You are all that I’ve done right
Even if you fall
You are all that I’ve done right