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I Look Like My Mother

by Ruby Landen

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collecting broken bottles to decorate my bed
and when that night breeze hits, my skin I'll gladly shed

build me out of sticks and concrete
because I can't find a home
in this body

if I was better made,
would I know my own name?

whispers wander further than my voice will ever go
echoes in a sailboat, but the tide comes in too slow

don't confuse the quiet with the sound of defeat
I just can't find a home
in the words I speak

if I was better made,
would I know my own name?

I look like my mother, we're drawn with the same lines
and the burden that is hers, I see becoming mine

I'm afraid to be my father, I'm afraid to let him win
he couldn't give a home to
the kid I should've been

come and take from me
the things that I lack
I'm tired of this bag that
never hits back

if I was better made,
would I know my name?
if I was better made,
would I know my own name?

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released January 29, 2021
Written by Ruby Landen, recorded and produced by Rowan Brind
Acoustic guitar, pedal steel and voice - Ruby Landen
Fiddle and second voice - Hannah Read
Cello - Jerry Cronin
French horn - Liri Ronen

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