Name: Steven Wesley Guiles - With Hats upon their Heads
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Description: How hard it is to find those who do not wish to be found...

Steven Wesley Guiles - With Hats upon their Heads

from Chaotic. Good. by Stephen Wordsmith

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How hard it is to find those who do not wish to be found...

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I never saw my parents
One image still remains
Perhaps a premonition
Or a solitary frame
That lingers from a sequence
In a dream that mostly fled
Their watercoloured silhouettes
With hats upon their heads

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So my search goes on, ever onward
Over vast and foreign shores
Knowing one day, I will find them
And we'll be as one once more

I never knew my mother
Though I hear in whispered tales
She crossed the seven seas
With many flags upon her sails
Her eyes flash for a second
Like the faintest verdant glim
And curls of chocolate swish
Beneath a wide and crimson brim

CHORUS

I never saw my father
Though I sometimes hear his name
They speak of eyes of kindness
Peering through a rounded frame
And though that fading image
Can't describe him to the letter
My mind's eye holds a knitted hat
And stripes upon a sweater

I'll walk the length of every road, and knock on every door
And search my whole life for them like so many have before

CHORUS

I never saw my parents
One image still remains
Perhaps a premonition
Or a solitary frame
That lingers from a sequence
In a dream that mostly fled
Their watercoloured silhouettes
With hats upon their heads

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from Chaotic. Good., released March 11, 2018
Lyrics by Stephen Wort
All vocals, instruments and production by Steven Wesley Guiles (ASCAP): www.newcoolnow.com and stevenwesleyguiles.com

Recorded for February Album Writing Month 2017

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