Karlit-O-Kay - My Musical Mother

I wander within me back to an earlier time
About twelve years old, not yet ready to live
Often alone and lost, frozen inside myself
Often lay awake at night, afraid of life
Life seemed like a boomerang,
Who's gonna hit me with three
Penalties every time I made a wish roll
When I was that lonely, she came to me
Sat down at the piano just for me
And played beautifully: "You've got a friend"
Stroke me gently over my hair
Was just there for me
Held me out with my whole soul robe
Ooh Carole King
You and Tapestry
That struck me full, these splendid melodies
You taught me to
Listen carefully
You’re definetly my Musical Mother for me
You put melodies in my head
But I still couldn't think of words
My language: Shallow and gray
The first lyrics: Kitschy and tepid
Then I was fifteen, hanging out with my stoner boyfriend
On the turntable "Horses" spinning around
And I thought, "Damn, she's pronouncing it"
I read her poems, she whispered to me
The pictures in my ears, she opened the door for me
To the poetry
To words that caress, to phrases that cry,
To rhymes in which the world shakes for a moment
And everything Dead rises again
Ooh Patti Smith
Through you my soul finally spoke to me
I developed a sense for word and a feeling for language
My first lyrics on the wall
As written by a magic hand
You’re definitely my Musical Mother for me
Now I had the sounds and the lyrics
But one instrument was missing until the end
I often lay on my bed
Just hum along in my mind
Until one day, my fat neighbor friend
Put a guitar around my neck
And showed me how the easiest chords go
A year later he put in a movie of you
You sang to your guitar all by yourself
You had a very unique way
Of plucking and picking up chords
I didn't know about your early handicap.
And took your play with me into my warm bed
Yes I was playfully seduced by you
Ooh Joni Mitchell
You taught me
That I do not slavishly listen to brave guitar teachers
That I can be inventive
My very own guitar sound
You`re definitely my Musical Mother for me
Oh Carole
Oh Patti
Oh Joni
You are
Yes you are
My Musical Mothers for me

Written by:
Karlit Kay

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