Song for Sandy - Alela Diane

A lady came from London town

Her voice like water from a snowmelt stream

Shared her songs in drunken rooms

Never once sang out of tune

How wrestling stars ricochet, and carry on

Caught in time forever more, just 31

She said, motherless children have a hard time

When mother’s gone

But she left her baby girl alone

And nothing could be done

Nothing could be done

When her love and child went

Her heart hung heavy as a noose from a beam

She said herself, the wine it was drunk

I wonder if the dream it came back

How wrestling stars ricochet, and carry on

Caught in time forever more, just 31

She said, motherless children have a hard time

When mother’s gone

But she left her baby girl alone

And nothing could be done

Nothing could be done

How the raven’s arrival did ruin the mood

Of the lilacs blooming that pale spring day

When she came to be the light through the rain

Her melodies were all that remained

That remained, that remained