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Baby Teeth feat Alison Shearer

from WAKE by jocelyn mackenzie

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Out on the rock I make friends with the bees.
They know me, they know me.
They were there on the day that I came from the sea,
Human, holy.

And they kissed my new legs
As I sunned on the sand and stood up for the first time.
They led me to youj
To indoctrinate me in the ways of the land.
"You're invited," you said.

So we go on a vision quest that you lead,
We walk through the house where your home used to be.
The drawer in the desk holds all number of things,
Like the old pewter box with your son's baby teeth,
The old pewter box with your son's baby teeth.

And poor Candradasa's sequestered upstairs.
He wants it, he wants it.
But I wear his cloak and I keep him right here,
He warms me, he warms me.

This is why I dried out;
To be cloaked, learn a language, to kiss and make love,
Still I miss the water,
My secret, my choice, and all manner of anchors...
"Let me show you," I said.

So we go on a vision quest that I lead,
We swim through the cove where my home used to be.
There's no pewter box, no we have no such thing,
Cause where I come from, we don't grow baby teeth,
No, where I come from, we don't grow baby teeth.

Where do I build my house now?
Oh I know where to build my house now.

So come for a visit, get kissed by the bees,
For I've built my home on the shore of the sea.
Cause where I've come from's not where I'm meant to be,
But I'll do my best to cut my baby teeth,
I’ll build me a box for my own baby teeth.

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from WAKE, released April 14, 2023

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jocelyn mackenzie Brooklyn, New York

Jocelyn Mackenzie is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, artist, and psychic medium. Her debut solo album PUSH is a chamber pop homage to healing through radical self love. The fearlessness in her songwriting combined with the orchestral arrangements of each song alchemizes her pain into a poultice, making the album itself a testimony to hope, heartbreak, and what it means to be human. ... more

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