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THE EARLY DAYS live demo
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A cassette tape I found of my mother singing this song a cappella rekindled my interest in doing something with my songs (this one written in 1980)
story song mother and daughter
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Sold a song to Disney at 12, masterminded a family band in my teens, wrote theater/cabaret in NYC in my youth, quit songwriting for a spell, now I’m back!
I love writing songs that capture strong feelings I’ve had about a time, person or place, and that wrap you in those feelings with a sumptuous arrangement and much to surprise the ear. I’m drawn to seductive rhythms and sophisticated chords, and themes of longing, carnality and joy. I want my listeners to be astonished!
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Author
Music and lyrics by Sam Austin
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October 26, 2021
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MP3 6.6 MB • 320 kbps • 2:53
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WAV 29.0 MB
Story behind the song
I wrote this song for a character in my musical that was supposed to be about Atlantis but never got anywhere near that subject because I was more interested in the relationship between the mother and daughter Id created. When I discovered an a cappella version my mother had recorded, I thought the song could stand on its own with a few lyric tweaks (my husband helped with that part!)
Lyrics
It was back in THE EARLY DAYS The age of bouquets And cummerbunds When I thought That I would marry The downtown visionary And thumb my nose At all the other ones What a time it was We dined on dreams Before life came apart at the seams Billy and I Were such radical chic With a streak Of collective insanity As we traipsed Around the nation Filming scenes of desperation Making movies Of the worlds profanity Cloaked our empty lives In utopian schemes Before life came apart at the seams There I was, just an idiot heiress Fresh from education in Paris Searching for someone to be Other than me Take me back to those simple days A child in my arms Who needed me As your mother Lay there dying And you and I were crying I cradled the part That completed me There you were Just an innocent stranger Deserted, surrounded by danger But God had opened a door Given you more than you know More than anyone knows And someday Ill find the words to say And the things to do Be the mother That I dreamed I could be to you Way back in THE EARLY DAYS Take me back to THE EARLY DAYS
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AmyAppleby
Dec 20, 2023
This heartfelt song made me cry. It's easier to face my own sad/happy memories after sharing yours. Someday I hope to meet you and shake your hand!