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Days Numbered

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The only pandemic song I was able to write, born out of an unbearable amount of anguish and heartache.

I did convince my grandparents to get vaccinated, however, and have thankfully seen them many times since writing this song. They're still kicking at 93 and 91 now (and yes, that's them and over 75 years' worth of banter at the end).

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lyrics

she dyes her hair brown by herself; she has for thirty years
reprimands my paw-paw for not “turning up his ears”
it was christmas of ‘19 the last i saw her,
the memory, now lost to time, is just a blur

i go out twice for groceries the two months i’m at home
but when i must go back to work, i call her on the phone
when my masks come in the mail i nearly cry:
the sandwiches she ate to save all those twist ties…

paw-paw’s ninety-one now; grandmother’s eighty-nine
i thought the choice would make itself, given all this time
if i got them sick, i’d never right that wrong
but they’re not getting any younger; how long, how long, how long?

one year is stretching into two—no giving, only taking
uncertainty claws up a heart that’s busy, busy breaking
i sit here wondering where is the boundary?
how far, what risks—god all i want’s to feel her arms around me

credits

from Lauren Oxford, released October 28, 2022
written February 2021

Lauren Oxford: lead vocals, guitar
Betsy Tinney: cello
(with Dora Lou Jarvis Cox and Morris Cecil Cox)

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Lauren Oxford Sevierville, Tennessee

Lauren Oxford is a songwriter, folksinger, and filker who lives in the mountains of East Tennessee with her wife Emma & their three cats. Her debut album combines soul-bearing, heartfelt lyricism and lush, thoughtful orchestration, courtesy of some of her dearest friends.

She is also a member of folk “queertet” The Starlight Darlins, whose first EP is also available on Bandcamp. (see link below)
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