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Your wife's gonna have your little girl
And I was not questioned.
I bombed the interview for the position.

She's gonna sit you down,
She'll be telling you a story
When suddenly she'll know the baby's ready.

And I've never felt so cold.
Why can I not let go?
Why can I not let go?

I've never felt so old;
He would have been eight years old,
She would have been eight years old.

Your wife had your little boy
And I'll bet that he loves peaches,
I'll be that he learns everything you teach him.

He could have been mine too,
Except that my body failed you
And so you found fresh soil to plant your fruit.

And I've never felt so cold.
Why can I not let go?
Why can I not let go?

I've never felt so old;
She would have been eight years old,
He would have been eight years old.

Oh, I don't expect you to understand.
Oh, you never held it in your hand.
Oh, it troubles me I can't let go.
Oh, guess I'm just a primate wearing clothes.

And I've never felt so alone
Here singing to your ghost.
Apes sing to their babies, too, ya know.
Oh, the ache settled in my bones.
Why can I not let go?
I'm a primate wearing clothes.

Oh, your daddy'd never understand,
Oh, you fell into the palm of my hand.
Oh, all I can give you is this lullaby.
Wish I could have said hello before I had to let you go.

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from primate (raw demo), released May 13, 2018
Synth and Beats by Nick Phaneuf
Cover Photo by Ester Segretto

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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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