Six months ago I packed seven years
Into a box of pictures
And I hid it in the back of a wardrobe
And covered it up with pillows
Now I'm moving and I'm wondering what to do
With a box of photographs that aren't you
I don't know how it feels to be old
When blue eyes turn red and watery and feet get cold
All I know is I miss you when you're away
When I can't recall it'll be the same
So I went to fix my old camera
But there's something wrong with the aperture
And I can't even get the film to wind
Reckless when the red light is on
But I resolve to take a picture
With my mind every time I kiss you
I don't know how it feels to be old
When blue eyes turn red and watery and feet get cold
All I know is I miss you when you're away
When I can't recall it'll be the same
What is it like to be eighty
The photographs, the memory
And I am struggling with the feeling
Most days I find it overwhelming
When I close my eyes all I see is your face
In the winter sun, in the blue light, in the London rain
I don't know how it feels to be old
When blue eyes turn red and watery and feet get cold
All I know is I miss you when you're away
When I can't recall it'll be the same
credits
from Optimism,
released August 27, 2013
Elizabeth Morris - singing, guitar
Recorded live by Darren Hayman in Walthamstow on 27 August 2013
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