Elburton Road – Song

Listen to Elburton Road (phonerecord) by SammieBigHeart https://on.soundcloud.com/b1uFv

(verse1)

In February 1970 it must have been cold

As the grey bus drove her along Elburton Road

On the way there, she’d a baby to hold

But she travelled home alone

The baby grew cute and clumsy

And wondered ’bout her mother and where she could be

She waited and waited for her to return

Baby’s harsh lesson to learn

(chorus)

Where does a child go from there?

Into a world that just doesn’t care

Into a world where she always feels cold

A world where she is too young to feel old

Cold, so cold, left on the Elburton Road

Cold, so cold, she left her baby alone

(verse2)

Her father returned from the merchant sea

So cute she was but he couldn’t see

That she was not the wife he’d chosen to hate

Perhaps the likeness was too great

She studied hard at school

Kept to all of rules

Prim and proper she’d go between

All her classes unseen

(chorus2)

Where does a child go from here?

Into the arms that are near

She hoped and she prayed for his love

A kind word or a a gentle hug

Cold, so cold, left on the Elburton Road

Cold, so cold, she left her baby alone

(verse3)

Moving through life’s trials alone

Searching for the warmth others owned

Misery and coldness in every corner found

Being used until she was so low

In music she could see the light

Climbing up and enveloping her bright

A smoky flower found a home

At last her soul was warm, (but she’d been…)

(chorus3/bridge)

Cold, so cold, left on the Elburton Road

Cold, so cold, she’d left her baby alone

Where does a girl go from there?

Into a world that just didn’t care

Into a world that is unreal

Where people will do anything but feel

(verse4)

Shadows now chase her body

Searching in the eyes of eternity

Looking for warmth, she’d go to the ends

She built a home from the ash that remained

Now enveloped by the warmth, it surrounds

She feels love all around, all around

Into a woman she had to become

The Elburton Road is a place she came from

(chorus)

Cold, so cold

Left on the Elburton Road

Cold, so cold

A mumma left her baby alone

(End)