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Family Stories

The stories of my family are fewer,

now that fewer are left to tell them.

The family’s bookbinding dries out,

as pages are torn out,

or they get worn out by disease.

There is a garland of lost stories

all torn to pieces, spoken of vaguely,

forgotten by degrees.

It’s my turn to tell new stories,

With my parents gone, and a new family forming.
It’s my turn to tell new stories,

and this is my first:

Once upon a time,

the stories of my family were fewer,

back when fewer were left to tell them.

The family’s bookbinding dried out,

as pages were torn out,

or they were worn out by disease.

There will be a garland of new stories

as my family grows,

and we tell to each other

all that we know.

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from Togetherness (Control Songs, Vol. 2), released September 1, 1999

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David Garland New York, New York

Composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist David Garland has been steadily shaping songs in new ways since 1980.

"Like many great songwriters before him, Garland pushes the limits of acceptable harmony and dissonance, yet never at the expense of beauty. If it's not possible for popular music to reach the heights of the great classical masters, it seems no one has told David Garland."
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