Could there be a more beautiful song about songs than this, written by Molly Drake (1915-1993), the poet, musician and mother of Nick Drake? It is sung here by the Northumbrian folk band fronted by Rachel and Betty Unthank from their 2017 album The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake. Completely gorgeous. Enjoy here with Molly's original:
Music from an open window
Music sudden and fleeting
Ordinary music in an ordinary street
Why does your heart stop beating
What can a song do to you?
Can it waken a memory sleeping?
Can it call back a day when your heart fled away
To somebody else's keeping
What can a song do to you?
Can it bring back a spring in December?
Can it make with each note such an ache in your throat
That you find you can still remember?
For the past is a house full of treasure,
And the lies buried deep in the store,
Every smile, every tear, every pleasure,
And the song is the key to the door …
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