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lyrics

I told you I had a friend’s wedding to go to almost every
other weekend
And you said, “Sounds better than the funerals I’ve been
going to lately”
All your friends were gone and you were still downhill skiing
Just point your feet in one direction, there’s no stopping you
We drove around the lower east side looking for the house
you were born in
You said, “Right here on Rivington is where we’d play kick
the can.”
You said, “It’s changed so much. I’m not even sure that house
is still standing.”
And then we decided that any old house would do
Because a house is just a place to hold your memories
Oh the lives that you lived in over a century
The things you kept hidden and the things that you let go
They’re surrounding you now in a purple glow
I always thought you knew the name of every single flower
Because with one crooked finger you would point and with authority you would say it’s name
At your 90th birthday your friend told me, “She’s cheating
at scrabble!”
You said, “If you wanna play the game by my rules, I’ll show you how”
When you started getting confused I came to help you clean
out your closets
You said, “I wanted you to have that coat. When will I go
out fancy-like? Maybe once?”
I like to think it’s the coat you wore when Grandpa took you out dancing on the weekends
Oh, how I know you two are dancing now
Things are just a way to hold your memories
What I wouldn’t give to read your diaries
The things about you that I will never know
They’re surrounding you now in a purple glow
Times were hard, you were a difficult mother
You made choices for your life when there were really no others
A painter, a potter, a sculptor, a dancer
This is the way I always saw her
This is the way I always saw her
This is the way I always saw you
In the light that surrounds you
There is a purple light
It is royal and bright
Powerful and beaming
And it’ll hold you now
You showed me how
To shine so bright
You shine so bright
You shine so bright
This is the way I’ll hold your memory
The way that you’ll live on inside me
You are the sweetest, softest adagio
That’s you, my Grandmother
That’s your purple glow

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from The Women Who Rode Away, released February 1, 2019
Natalia Zukerman: guitar, vocals
Mona Tavakoli: drums, percussion
Craig Akin: bass

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Musician, painter and educator Natalia Zukerman grew up in New York City, studied art at Oberlin, started her mural business Off The Wall in San Francisco, began her songwriting career in Boston, and now resides, writes, plays, teaches and paints in Brooklyn, NY. ... more

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