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Seamstress

from Walk Me Home by Del Scott Miller

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'Seamstress' is about growing up poor but being fortunate enough to have a parent who never faltered (of course she did, but you never know that until later in life) and kept everything together on a pittance. Even during her last few years, seriously ill both physically and psychologically, she had a near supernatural will to protect and provide for.

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The seamstress plied her needle for neither thanks or fame
and though fabric may have frayed buttons never fell too far
Mended, cleaned and folded with never two the same
but odd was always insubstantial reason to discard.

She said 'I'll never pull the thread from those continental shows
I don't court the great designers – I'm not tall enough to pose
but I'll wrap you up like no one else with labels never out
Here's everything you'll ever need not nothing to write home about.


Every pot and pan brimmed over with a day-shift's worth of pride
No frill or fancies present with the must-haves there amassed
With little more than flint, fire and mettle that defied the laws of science
every meal she served broke some unspoken fast.

She said 'I won't win any stars or have them queueing in their droves
I don't care for rules of what one eats with red or white or rose
but, though you may arrive unfed, you'll never go without
Here's everything you'll ever need but nothing to write home about.


The gathering shadows of time conspired to shroud the facing hill,
the passing star grew cold and detail slid from view
but, though her vision faltered



She said 'I don't have breath to scale what youth takes in its stride.
I don't seek out peaks to conquer – bragging always bows to pride
but I've a lifetime's map of tracks that you can trust when lights go out.
Here's everything you'll ever need but nothing to write home about.

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from Walk Me Home, released April 29, 2021
Del Scott Miller: words and music, vocals, guitar
James Fosberry: recording and engineering
Phil Ruston: design

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Del Scott Miller Barnsley, UK

Del Scott Miller is a songwriter, guitarist, composer and poet from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Calling on the experiences and ideals of his Northern working class background, his songs often marry poetic and cinematic narratives with a guitar approach informed as much by jazz and classical traditions as his singer/songwriter influences. ... more

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