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The Ugly Duckling

from Strange Little Smile by Rosi Lalor

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I wrote THE UGLY DUCKLING while living near 'the lough' in Cork city, a lake that attracts many different kinds of birds. I wrote it to help me understand why I had become entangled in a spiritual community which turned out to be creating as many wounds as it was healing. Writing this helped me forgive myself for my lack of discernment. The need to belong is so strong. The journey towards authenticity involves many initiations by exile.

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Wait for me! I want to come with you!
Can't stay here one more night
Where I don't belong
And if I've made a coward's vow
Well I had better break it now
'Cause every time the bad guy wins
I get a thinner skin

And no-one ever touches me
they only stare
and I'm so lonely here and everywhere
but when I look at you across the moonlit lake
it's like my kingdom comes

I've noticed all the care you take,
the slow deliberate moves you make
and I've seen you watching me
I have seen you watching me
And when the storm was in the sky
my mother told you not to pry
but you checked that I was safe
you checked that I was safe
you checked that I was safe

and whispered in my ear
"My love it won't be long
until your kingdom comes"

Then again who do I think I am?
I won't know what to do, I don't know if I can
And it would break my mother's heart
'cause I guess she never made her mark
her ugly mark was me
how dare I think I'm free?

And no-one ever touches me
they only stare
and I'm so lonely here and everywhere
but when I look at you it's like I'm wide awake
and my kingdom comes

Oh let us fly away tonight!
Don't give me time to say goodbye
don't give me time to think
don't give me time to think
just scoop me up and show me how
to fly towards the southern clouds
that's all I need to know, that is all I need to know

Ooooooh, oooooh, ooooooh

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from Strange Little Smile, released July 8, 2021

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Rosi Lalor grew up in Liverpool and now lives in County Cork. She is a storyteller and mystic at heart, with a large dose of clown thrown into the cauldron. Her song-craft is a satisfying process of resolving inner conflicts. Strange Little Smile is her second album, Flowers For The Living (available on itunes & Spotify) is her first. ... more

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