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I wrote this song at Ormond College, University of Melbourne, mid 80s, after breaking up with my first love. Hopefully it will help others to recover from heartbreak, whether that means missing someone, or replenishing a shaken self. Old cassette versions were too fast or warped, so I recorded it anew this year, 2024, in its pristine form, no added instrumentation at all. (I had recorded it in Greece 2003, but the studio burned down so that tape was lost. Oh, life!) So this new recording is of my voice now, forty years after I first wrote the song.

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Verse 1:

Are you cold? Well you know, you have music to warm you:
don’t be afraid, you have all your songs to cling to
and if you’re lonely, you must call this freedom
where you have only yourself to rely on.
And there is nothing beyond your power,
he couldn’t take your Songflower!
Oh no, so you better keep that flower growing.

Verse 2:

In your life, there is so much good to believe in!
In your mind, there is a heaven undisturbed
and from your crystal pool, all the watersprites are rising,
they have strength to give you.
And there is nothing beyond your power,
he couldn’t take your Songflower!
And there is nothing you can’t do now

Chorus 1:

Why can’t I rest? I’m not in love anymore
and I’m sailing in some limbo …
Rest heart, you’re free as a bird
and the wings are healing swiftly,
I’m not in love anymore
and the waves are rolling home now.
Hey that old witch is dying
and the elves are taking over!
And they’re gonna lead you away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Oh I’m flying away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows

Verse 3

So you strived, out in the frosty ridges of morning
You were shaken, trampled in the hardest clay
Suddenly the rain was whispering -

Chorus 2, incantation:

She is no-one else’s song
She is no-one else’s song
She is no-one else’s song
She is no-one el - says - she is no-one else’s song,
She is no-one else’s song!
Ah, you’re gonna keep your Songflower so strong,
They’re gonna lead you away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Oh I'm flying away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Oooh please take me away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Hey I’m flying away to cooler waters,
where the Songflower grows
where the Songflower grows.

credits

from Lula - songs from girlhood, released March 26, 2024
Lyrics, Melody: Louise John, mid 1980s.
Vocals, Guitar: Louisa John-Krol (nie John) 2024.
Engineer: Trevor Petrie, Golden City Sound, Bendigo

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Louisa is an Australian singer, composer, writer & faery storyteller who has released many albums of ethereal music on indie labels, primarily in France. She's completing a fantasy series, The Elderbrook Chronicles, with a soundtrack.

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