Name: Down by the wayside
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: Down by the wayside – Paints the picture of the very busy life people have in their family. Parents become so exhausted leading their lives and experiencing their children’s lives so deeply while knowing they must inevitably let them go. The parents themselves have often become shadows of who they used to be in their youth in the long process of nurturing the ones they love.

Down by the wayside

from Sky Wide Open by Eva

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Down by the wayside – Paints the picture of the very busy life people have in their family. Parents become so exhausted leading their lives and experiencing their children’s lives so deeply while knowing they must inevitably let them go. The parents themselves have often become shadows of who they used to be in their youth in the long process of nurturing the ones they love.

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Down by the wayside

You’ve got me walking and filling in spaces
between what is often empty embraces
We oil the parts as they keep on running the show

Serve up the laughter on shiny white plates
This chipped ever after is not going to break
Cause we’ll manage to mend every harrowing crack in the wall

And our shadows barely touch at all
Pale reminders of just who we were
Down by the wayside we wait
With our weights
mmmmm….

Lists that need tending
While children are scheming
We capture the minutes before this new ending
We try to imagine but cannot quite open that door

Shelves overflowing and dripping with memories
No time to reflect while the train is still chugging
You push yourself to hear the voices that still fill the hall

And our shadows barely touch at all….

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from Sky Wide Open, released March 30, 2012
Song by Eva

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Eva Hamburg, Germany

evamusic.eu

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May 14

Salle Pleyel

Paris, France
Sep 20

Le Rocher de Palmer

Cenon, France
Sep 21

Le Bikini

Ramonville St Agne, France
Sep 26

La Cartonnerie

Reims, France
Sep 28

L'Autre Canal

Nancy, France
Oct 3

L'Étage, Le Liberté

Rennes, France
Oct 12

Le Cèdre Chenôve

Dijon, France
Oct 18

Le Silo

Marseille, France
Oct 19

Grande Salle, Paloma

Nîmes, France
Oct 23

La Coopérative de Mai

Clermont-Ferrand, France
Oct 24

Le Transbordeur

Villeurbanne, France

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