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Empty Cup

from Quiet Here by Alicia Healey

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Killing time in a bright cafe, she closes her eyes and thinks of days
Of small towns and barbershops
As her thought return to the chevrolet that she and ma would often stay
As they searched for a cheap room and job

Two against the world or time, at least, it seemed
With a wall of their past just up ahead
Working to survive not to follow some dream
Not knowing what that dream would be if they were

At ten-years-old she knnew the rules, don't talk to cops or bring in fools
Just give them a name then turn and leave
As the noise went on in the other room
She played with cards, talked to the moon
Slept in the backseat with cash underneath

(Chorus)

Run, Ma cried, on a dusty Saturday
Pushed the money into my hands
I did as was told and never looked back
Moved on from where my mother had stayed

Waking up in a cold cafe, an empty cup and different name
She shakes her head and laughs about her thoughts
Another world and years ago
No people to see, no things to know, she admits
She misses her alot

(1994)

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from Quiet Here, released December 1, 1995

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Alicia Healey Seattle, Washington

Alicia Healey is a songwriter, producer and studio owner in Seattle, WA.

She learned to sing from Streisand, Parton, Simon and Newton-John and learned to write from John Prine, Gretchen Peters, Patty Griffin and Cat Stevens.

She found & grew a passion for music as a kid on the living room floor of an Iowa farmhouse, with a set of Robucks headphones and her dad’s LP collection.
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