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Words and music by Robin O'Brien
This song was first recorded in the mid-eighties on portastudio, and put on an unreleased collection; a catalog for my own use called 32-86-RAWWO. I posted most of those songs on BandCamp as Seven-Headed. In 1991 I recorded it anew for my cassette Roothead. In 2008, George Reisch of the Chicago label Luxotone, worked with the song again, using original portastudio files, and it's available on BandCamp. Here is the cleanup of the original I've always wanted to do.

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If you were my brother, we'd have our own world,
from where the woods began to our yard,
We'd pull the violet dusk in; Mother calling.
I'd catch the grass green and blue,
I'd catch the wind for you
Growing under the same sun and moon
I'd grow to be someone you always knew
But even my brother, he doesn't remember
And the dreams that we shared
Disappeared from each other

If you were my lover, we'd never be up by noon
Still waking with the dawnlight, too soon,Alive and warm in our breathing perfume
I'd give my life to you
You'd give me my life all new,
And tell me everything and I , too,
would tell you everything
You always knew
But even my lover, he doesn't remember
And the heaven we had descended forever

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from 1980's Remixes and Previously Unreleased, released March 26, 2024
Guitar and vocals: Robin O'Brien

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Robin O'Brien Santa Rosa, California

Eclectic mix of recordings; mostly lo-fi. I've been a closet home-taper, recording my music since before multitrack was available to us common folk at home. It's my joy.
George Reisch re-imagined some of these tunes, and you can find them at Luxotone.com
recordings by Jean Farmer and I are at notan.org ... more

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