Name: Ash Wednesday
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: The lyrics came from a poem Janette wrote years ago. Doodling on the piano, she found a theme which fitted the words perfectly and hey presto... a song, about best friends.

Ash Wednesday

from of winter born by Not for Pussies

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The lyrics came from a poem Janette wrote years ago. Doodling on the piano, she found a theme which fitted the words perfectly and hey presto... a song, about best friends.

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Ash Wednesday

Kneeling at the hearth
I take some ashes, daub my face and think of you
A spindly-legged little girl
priest's grubby thumbprint on your brow

The mark that set you and yours apart from me and mine

Remember when you sneaked me in there?
The incense, painted gods and holy water by the door
I crossed myself and curtsied just like you
half praying that the bleeding Jesus would not tell my mother

You had golden angels full of grace and I had only empty crosses
Where are the golden angels?I can only see empty crosses
Where are the golden angels now? I can only see empty crosses

Lent has been long and much too hard on you
I want to reach out and hold you, light candles,
roll the stone away,
watch you emerge on Easter Day
watch you emerge on Easter Day
Easter Day... Oh....

credits

from of winter born, track released November 1, 2011
Music: Janette & Brian Kidd
Lyrics: Janette Kidd
Janette Kidd: Vocals, piano, bass, tsuras
Brian Kidd: Guitars, guitar synthesizer, trumpets, percussion
Ruaridh Kidd: Snare drum

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Not for Pussies Perth, UK

Not for Pussies came into being in 2008, although Brian and Janette Kidd have been together - and playing music together (and with others) for much, much longer.
We felt we're into an era in our lives where Bette Davis' quote about getting older (it's "not for pussies") felt very apt - and our music reflects this - and the experience of having lived a little! ... ... more

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