At a farmers market I managed in Downtown Providence one year, every week a man would visit rolling a suitcase behind him carrying a polaroid camera. He talked to himself a fair amount and was always friendly with us. Often he would ask to take pictures of people, and he would then ask to keep the pictures for himself. He was an innocently haunted fellow.
lyrics
I got a whole world inside this suitcase
Filled with smiles and polaroids
I take it everywhere I go so I'll never feel alone
Every road I’ve ever walked
Every corner I have stalked
Stay light when the shadows fall
Cause all it takes is wind and sun to make this paper feel
Smile for me one more time and
Let me know its real
Let me know its real
Last night out on the balcony
Oh how the echoes raged
Like a chorus down at Carnegie Hall bouncing round a white stone cage
Every voice I ever met
Every sound I can’t forget
Like chains to a circus parade
Cause all it takes is wind and sun to make this paper feel
Smile for me one more time and
Let me know its real
Let me know its real
Old man daddy walker was my father’s name
He had a heavy drink hand, turned out a pawn in his own game
A captive now of time and wear
I look for kindness everywhere
My suitcase filled with photo prayers
2x
Cause all it takes is wind and sun to make this paper feel
Smile for me one more time and
Let me know its real
credits
from Wandering Feet,
released November 17, 2012
Kayla Ringelheim--piano and vocal
Vance Gilbert--harmony vocal
Kevin Barry--lap steel
Jesse Williams--acoustic bass
Lorne Entress--drums, percussion, bells
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