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Waterclock

from Homemade Wine by Penelope Swales

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Waterclock
© Penelope Swales


Now that I’m feeling strong
Look who’s come around to visit me
I have said all along
That I would never, ever turn my face away

And this big waterclock
These saltwater tears
Spins around
To spill and refill again
It’s been wheeling inside me
Week in and week out
Turn around
Spill and refill again

You have always been
Incalculably precious to me
Through our friendship and our blossoming
Through our hard times
And then the time when you turned away from me

And started this waterclock
These saltwater tears
Spinnin’ around
To spill and refill again
It’s been wheeling inside me
Week in and week out
Turn around
Spill and refill again

And I have missed you daily and nightly
I’ve missed the insights you brought to my life
I have been left face to face with my mistakes
And still I think you left me for the wrong reasons
Despite all my heresies and treasons
Now here we sit, so tentative and quietly
In the glow of hindsight, you see
What I brought to your life
I’ve no desire to rub your face in your mistakes
But still I think you left me for the wrong reasons
And now you start to see what I mean
And I’d love to forgive you
But you gotta know

That there’s been this big waterclock
These saltwater tears
Spinnin’ round
To spill and refill again
And it’s gonna take me
A little time to dry out
Turn around
Spill and refill again

It’s been wheeling inside me
Day, week and month out
And when it turns around
It just starts to refill again
What is it about you?
I, I get on with my life
But when you turn around
I feel my heart fill again
Spin around
Spill and refill again
Do I pour my love out on the ground?
You gotta know

credits

from Homemade Wine, released January 7, 1997
Penelope Swales - vocals, guitar
Paul Jonas - violin, backing vocals
Mal Webb - bass, backing vocals
George Papantonio - drums

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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