I Keep My Mother

by Bara Dockalova

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lyrics

I Keep My Mother
Lyrics by Rebecca Floyd and Bara Dockalova
Music by Bara Dockalova

I keep my mother
In an empty pickle jar
I keep my mother
In a mini liquor bar
I keep my mother
In the hole of the guitar
I keep my mother
In a long-forgotten scar

I keep my mother
In my laughter, so they say
I keep my mother
Keep her magic sequenced in my DNA

And every day I sip my morning coffee from an old ceramic cup
It holds her longings and her dreams, am I the reason why she gave them up? O-oh
Every day I see the same blue butterfly sit on her broken car
So why is it that there are still no answers to the question who we are?

(I keep my mother)
(I keep her strivings buried in my bones and bundled in my muscles)
(I keep my mother in my heart)

I keep my mother (I keep my mother in the hole)
In an empty pickle jar
I keep my mother (Of the guitar on the wall)
In a mini liquor bar
I keep my mother (Keep her in the sound of rain)
In the hole of the guitar
I keep my mother (She’s my flow and she’s my pain)
In a long-forgotten scar

I keep my mother (Keep my mother in my laughter)
In my laughter, so they say
I keep my mother (She will live forever after)
Keep her magic sequenced in my DNA

And every night I catch a glimpse of my reflection in the windowpane
We didn’t use to look alike, why does my figure almost seem the same?
Every night I brush my hair and more and more of it is turning white
Please could I get a bit more time to realize that everything’s all right?

credits

released May 13, 2018
Vocals: Bara Dockalova and Dobrovyly (Nika Brozova, Jolana Petrlikova, Zuzana Macakova, Krystyna Skalicka, Iva Kerfurtova, Marie Mlckova, Ester Janosi, Gabina Zoubkova), Vit Benes and Klara Elisa Müller
Flute: Jakub Klar
Arranged and recorded by Vit Benes
Percussion arranged by Marian Petrzela

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about

Bara Dockalova Prague, Czechia

I teach English through theatre and I write musical plays. I love composing songs that are embedded in a story and help to move it forward. I write folk songs and chansons also, lately more and more in Czech, and I occasionally perform them myself with a band. ... more