Solitary Serenade

from Carolina Seems So Long Ago by David Rothschild

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Music & Lyrics by David Rothschild
Recorded Live at Teaneck Sound Studios
Produced by Steven Pardo at 4d Audio Productions
Copyright 2016

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If I made myself a postcard, if I made myself a rhyme
if I made myself a story, would you finish it in time?
If the postcard had an ending, would the story end the line?
Would the rhyme wish you were somewhere, would your name mean it ain't mine?

If I made myself a street sign, would it change your point of view?
'Round here ain't nothing like the east side, I got lost a time or two
But I flagged down a man by a roadside stand who said my turn was coming soon
and as I rolled back up my window, I swear I heard him hum my tune

And there's a girl called Carolina that I"m coming home to see
She'll be waiting upstairs in that white wicker chair staring off into the street
And I don't know when I'll be home again but it's my home just the same
So what you're hearing now is my solitary serenade

If I made myself a bluebird I would watch you from above
Sounds drown out my singing now, but I'm singing out my love
And there's a sweetness to my sorrow, but it hasn't quite sunk in
I'll be gone before tomorrow, just a postcard on the wind

And there's a girl called Carolina that I"m coming home to see
She'll be waiting upstairs in that white wicker chair staring off into the street
And I don't know when I'll be home again but it's my home just the same
So what you're hearing now is my solitary serenade
So what you're hearing now is my solitary serenade
So what you're hearing now is my solitary serenade

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from Carolina Seems So Long Ago, released February 12, 2016

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David Rothschild New York, New York

David Rothschild is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from New York, performing a unique blend of folk, rock, jazz, and americana.

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