Traveler

from Nowhere Girl by Nicky Schrire

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For those times when you are traveling
Writing postcards on the go
I keep company with yearning
Pretend that I don’t miss you so It’s a quiet existence
While you drink booze for free
And I keep hoping you’ll return And write some songs
With me

Your calendar is ink-filled
A different town each day
You’ve barely taken off your boots
And then you’ve gone away
I bite my tongue so sorely
To silence any plea
That you’ll take time off from the gig
And write some songs
With me

The road’s a pleasing mistress
Her highs, her lows, your drug
She knows I stand here in her dust
I’m bitter and she’s smug
She doesn’t care to reason
She’s got you by decree
I yell in vain to empty rooms
For her to set you free

And though you try to charm me
With your fleeting phone calls home
The crackling line just echoes
All the rotten seeds you’ve sewn
Your words, a blur of static
They’re falling on deaf ears
And all you get is silence
As I fight back my tears

Your face succumbed to wrinkles
Your dark hair turned to grey
The road, she kicked you to the curb
And you came home to stay
My youthful patience worn out
I moved down by the sea
And now you sit in empty rooms
Writing songs
For me

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from Nowhere Girl, track releases May 5, 2024

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Nicky Schrire Toronto, Ontario

“A number of the most intelligent female vocalists come to mind-Mia Doi Todd, Tori Amos, Kimiko Itoh, Lorraine Feather, Norma Winstone, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, etc. - in Schrire's work.” — FAME (USA)

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