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Long​-​Lost Friend

from Losstending by Paula Eve Kirman

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This is a story about a young boy who would sing his grandmother to sleep every night in Cree, until his language was taken from him at residential school. We also did some jamming. Soloss was able to get a guitar for him, and he played for the first time in 30 years. I would always wear my Johnny Cash shirt when we met, because he's a big fan. I wrote him a song with simple enough chords that he could be able to play. When I presented the song to him, he nodded and said, “Yup – that's my story.”

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Alone in the woods, where I went a'walking
I heard a voice calling my name
When I looked up, there was my old friend
My eyes filled with tears that fell down like rain

He gave me his handkerchief so I could see
through the the sorrow that's been blinding me
This wilderness haunts me, I'm lost in my mind
I want my children beside me while there's still time

I used to sing my grandma to sleep
in the language I spoke as a child
Then they took me away, I tried to resist
stood up for myself; they said I was wild

They whipped and they beat me 'til I learned to forget
and I still can't remember most of those words yet
but I picture my grandma with her cigarette
the harder I try, the closer I get

I have to thank you, my long-lost friend
For hearing my story and drying my tears
But even now I still feel the pain
I've held inside all of these years

But I hope that my grandkids are strong and proud
and can have all the freedom I wasn't allowed
and they and my children will know who they are
and just like my grandma I'll never be far

I'll be in the moon, and I'll be in the stars

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from Losstending, released May 7, 2021

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Paula Eve Kirman Edmonton, Alberta

Paula Eve Kirman writes and performs music with a message.

She became interested in both music and social justice at a young age, in part due to being raised on her mother's love of 60s folk music.

For Paula, music is a way of reaching a wider audience with messages of social justice themes, as well as expressions about the complexities of life and love. ... more

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