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Writing Letters

from Land Baby by Lara Manzanares

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Writing Letters

My darling I am writing you this letter
To inform you of your mother’s failing heart
If it rains tomorrow things just might get better
I’m hoping to give the garden a new start

The days have been hot and dry all of June and July
And the adobe wall in the kitchen is showing a crack
Little Angie asks about you, every now and then
She asks me if you’re ever coming back

Would you be proud of me
Would you be ashamed of me
And after all is said and done
Would you even give a damn

As much as we strain to see
The past is a melody
And though we try to grab it,
We can never pin it down

I’ve given away a pair of your old blue jeans
To your little brother, not so little now
I hope that you don’t mind, they fit him really well
I had to wash ‘em for him ‘cuz he don’t know how

I spend most of my days just puttin’ things away
But last night’s potato salad turned out just right
The car broke down, I got it fixed, at that place you hate
I wish you were here so maybe we could have a fight

Would you be proud of me
Would you be ashamed of me
And after all is said and done
Would you even give a damn

As much as we strain to see
The past is a melody
And though we try to grab it,
We can never pin it down


TRADUCCION INGLES-ESPANOL

Writing Letters / Escribiendo Cartas

Mi querido, te escribo esta carta
Para enterarte del fallo cardiaco de tu madre
Si llueva mañana tal vez se componga todo
Espero empezar de nuevo el jardín

Los días veraniegos siguen secos y calorosos
Y la pared de la cocina muestra una rajadura
De vez en cuando la Angelita pregunta por ti
Quiere saber si algún día regresarás

¿Tendrías orgullo de mí?
¿Tendrías vergüenza de mí?
Y al final de todo,
¿Aún te importaría?

Por más que queremos ver
El pasado es una melodía
Y aunque intentemos agarrarla
Nunca podemos capturarla

He regalado un par de tus viejos jeans
A tu hermano menor, no tan joven ya
Espero que no te moleste, le quedan muy bien
Tuve que lavarlos porque él no sabe cómo

Paso mis días alojando cosas
Pero la ensalada que hice anoche salió perfecta
Se desbarató el carro, y lo arreglé, en el taller que odias
Quisiera que estuvieras, para que pudiéramos pelear

¿Tendrías orgullo de mí?
¿Tendrías vergüenza de mí?
Y al final de todo,
¿Aún te importaría?

Por más que queremos ver
El pasado es una melodía
Y aunque intentemos agarrarla
Nunca podemos capturarla

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from Land Baby, released October 16, 2017
Music and Lyrics © 2017 Lara Manzanares
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jono Manson at The Kitchen Sink Studios, Santa Fe, NM
Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

Musicians:
Lara Manzanares (lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar), Mark Clark (percussion), Justin Bransford (upright bass), Jordan Wax (violin)

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Lara Manzanares Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter of New Mexican heritage. In addition to singing the Mexican music of her sheep-ranching childhood, Lara also composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. With songs both playful and sincere, Lara draws on her rural roots and her urban experiences as she sings about love, loss, a sense of place, and her own connection to the land. ... more

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