Beautiful or Not

from Beautiful or Not by Old Tom & the Lookouts

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When winter turns to spring
Beautiful or not
And buds to branches cling
And I’m stuck again indoors
The branches bend to wind
Beautiful or not
If I could only get the sun to burn my skin
It’s been so long since I had let it in

'Cause this spring feels an awful lot like winter
'Cause I haven’t felt the sun in days
It’s the perfect shade of grey for feeling splinters
As tall as trees wrapping at my window panes

The frozen ground is thawing out
Beautiful or not
While the trash birds paw about
I stay tangled up in bed
Start to smell the earth change its face
Beautiful or not
The screen door slams into its frame
My eyelids shudder then do the same

'Cause this spring feels an awful lot like winter
'Cause I haven’t felt the sun in days
It’s the perfect shade of grey for feeling splinters
As tall as trees wrapping at my window panes

Beautiful or not

'Cause this spring feels an awful lot like winter
'Cause I haven’t felt the sun in days
It’s the perfect shade of grey for feeling splinters
As tall as trees wrapping at my window panes

credits

from Beautiful or Not, released December 5, 2020
Music/Lyrics/Production: Alex Calabrese
Production/Mix/Master: Sean Bonney-Burrill
Production/Mix: Jacob McCurdy
Music/String Arrangement: Claudia Lee Horna

Vocals/Guitar: Alex Calabrese
Violin: Cecilia Vacanti, Jody Miller, Claudia Lee Horna
Viola: Cecelia Vacanti
Cello: Casey Murray

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