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Silkworm (for Alayne)

from Sitting Tight by Leona Burkey

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This track was recorded live off the floor, written for a friend in the fight of her life - a love song to hope & courage and the kinds of things that only happen in Cape Breton villages.

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Silkworm

Don’t need to find my place in this world
I know it don’t I know it
Sometimes you just don’t get a pearl
But you just keep going
The space between what I want and what I gotta do
Has become so small
and even if I don’t let it paint things black
I’m still gonna hit the wall

But if I came to see you
I’d leave not thinking like that at all
Then I could tell you that
they’ve gathered up in hundreds inside the hall
Tears and tunes and money
and love flowing through it all
And through this song I made for you
I'll try to come see you soon

Your picture face looks so very brave
Your eyes don’t say the same
May your hope hang by a silkworm's thread
Stronger than any man can make

This time of year so long ago
Before the warming
when the pack ice would just show
and shine on the shores below home
Clampering in rubber boots & driftwood poles
Your brother slipped and fell beneath the floes
He cried like he saw the face of Davey Jones
We laughed like fools and I hope he forgives me
But I'll never know

But if I came to see you
I’d leave not thinking like that at all
Then I could tell you that
they’ve gathered up in hundreds inside the hall
Tears and tunes and money
and love flowing through it all
And through this song I made for you
I'll try to come see you soon

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from Sitting Tight, track released November 21, 2020
Produced by A.J.H. Gillis.
Musicians: Darren McMullen on bass, Leona Burkey acoustic guitar.

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Leona Burkey Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Contemporary roots singer-songwriter with a singular voice and a melody-loving folk-rock guitar attack. Known for off-the- cuff live shows in the Cape Breton troubadour style, shored up by a deep body of work that traces the meandering path of a slow-burn songwriter hitting her stride. Her latest & third full length studio album “GROUNDRUSH” released here in Nov/2022 is available everywhere. ... more

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