A Dream for a Song

from Angel Food by Sarahtonin

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Written in Butte, Montana in 1973, shortly before moving to Portland, Oregon with my closest friends to start a band. I was working at a state mental hospital, thinking about how making music had been the only thing keeping me relatively sane since childhood, as another lifetime possessed my thoughts and dreams.

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A Dream For a Song

Grandpa, the fireplace, and me
Shine out from each globe on the tree
Enraptured by comfort and pride
I vaguely recall having died

Sister and daughter and wife
Reflections of somebody's life
Possess me from grandfather's knee
Alone with the truth at age three

Deep in my childhood
I traded a dream for a song
Wouldn't it be nice to find out
I was right all along

How can a soul be at ease
With so many people to please?
I'm thrown to and fro like the sea
I'll be in my head if you need me

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from Angel Food, released February 16, 2022
Ryan McPhail - fantastic drumming
Sarah Jane Burke - other assorted noises

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Sarahtonin Portland, Oregon

Sarah Jane Burke began playing piano at age five. She had a handful of piano lessons, but is mostly self-taught. She took up guitar at about age 11, mostly inspired by The Beatles, and other "British Invasion" acts. She began writing songs at around age 12, playing in bands at 13, and by 17, she'd taught herself to compose full scores. She's been composing, recording, and performing ever since. ... more

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