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Portrait

from Rebekah's Song by Caroline Kendall

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Recorded 1997

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Why should a picture so astound me?
Because I saw your face sketched in its symmetry
In the unity of line and colour.
Wiser, wiser than the night that sends me down the line
Carry on believing, carry on but I'm out of time.
Pale as morning your eyes stared
Dimly through an parallel of trees
And the frozen earth rose up to meet your mouth
As you kissed the ground.

Why should a song so enlighten me?
Because I heard your voice threading through its melody
Like a symphony of wine and sorrow.
Healer, healer with the winds of change blowing round your feet.
Tell me your story sailor, tell me why you're all at sea
And I will weave your portrait into a golden tapestry
But wear it well, I do not wish to be
Just another of your mysteries.

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from Rebekah's Song, released October 9, 1998
Written and performed by Caroline Kendall

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Caroline Kendall Brighton, UK

Folk singer and acoustic songwriter based in Brighton, UK.

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