I Wish I Could Sing Like Tracey Thorn

from A Gathering of Sorts by The Happy Somethings

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I wish I could sing like Tracey Thorn
with a voice so beautifully forlorn.
Her picture adorns your walls,
her words answer all your calls.
You disappear with her without a care
while I’m left here careworn
wishing I could sing like Tracey Thorn.

I'm everything but that girl.
I play guitar and I fill your world
with love and laughter and happy-ever-after stories.
You don't know you’re born - my heart is being torn
and I wish I could sing like Tracey Thorn.

I want to be your marine girl – your float on a sea of green girl
but you’’ll stay my has-been - in love,
you could never sing like she does.
You could even change your name to hers
but you’d still be the same girl because
you could never sing like Tracey Thorn

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from A Gathering of Sorts, released January 1, 2023

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Independently unpolished band who like to be happy. Unintentionally retro. Effortlessly uncool.

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