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This is a song about my grandmother. She died while I was living on the other side of the world. Inspired by the last time I saw her in a hostel in London these words depict her fading grasp of time and place.

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The last time I saw you, you seemed quite chirpy
Telling me of the world you saw true
Telling me of the comings and goings
Of people and ghosts from a life you once knew

The last time I saw you the girls were on lunch
They’d been sewing all day and all night in your room
They’d been terribly noisy and though you complained
I could see you took comfort in their rattle and hum

The last time I saw you there’d been renovations
Banging to build you a boxing ring
The banging continued when boys came to box
‘Cor what a racket, they don’t ‘alf make a din’

The last time I saw you I smiled at your stories
Though far fetched they harked back to the past
Your beloved Frank and his passion for boxing
Your skills as a seamstress passed down from your mum

The last time I saw you the nurse had been lying
She said it was six when it must have been nine
As time slips and trips you play out your life story
Clearing your mind for the end of the line

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from City Synchronicity, released December 13, 2012
Composed, sung and played by Julia Turner
Recorded and mastered by Pikkle Henning

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Julia Turner Bristol, UK

City Synchronicity is a collection of songs inspired by a year lived 10,000 miles from home, busking and blogging in Melbourne.

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