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My Own Most Beloved Child

from A Million White Stars by Sara Melson

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about

This song was inspired by something my Dad said to me during one of our long-distance phone conversations. He was worried about me living all alone in the big city. Probably for good reason! Anyway what he said to me gave birth (no pun intended) to this song... It's an emotional one for sure... ~ Sara

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Turned away from the good ones
And I got burned by the bad
I would've done it all over again
If I knew what I had
Now everybody is a mother and a wife
And still I wander through
This lonely gypsy life

I better be my own most loving parent
I better be my own most beloved child
I better be my own most willing lover
And let my spirit run wild

One day soon I will be fatherless and motherless
Each year I reach an age I never saw before
I thought by now that a couple of kids would be playing on the floor
But I made my bed and now I here I lie
With only me to blame
With these old bones and wrinkled freckled skin
And my old maiden name

I better be my own most loving parent
I better be my own most beloved child
I better be my own most willing lover
And let my spirit run wild

I want to watch the world
Through the eyes of a baby
New and beautiful
Mystical and crazy
I want to have a strong man by my side
You know I tried, I tried

I better be my own most loving parent
I better be my own most beloved child
I better be my own most willing lover
And let my tears run wild

I better be my own most loving parent
I better be my own most beloved child

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from A Million White Stars, released April 30, 2013
Courtesy of Song Children Publishing/ Trover Music Publishing BMI
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Rick Parker at The Sandbox, Los Angeles, California

Written by Sara Melson BMI
Sara Melson: Piano, Vocals
Rick Parker: Guitar

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Sara Melson Los Angeles, California

Sara Melson's insightful and inspiring lyrics and unique, distinctive voice led Yahoo Music to choose her as their "New Buzz Artist," calling her "one of the most fearless singer-songwriters on the planet." Her timeless, infectious, songs blur boundaries between folk, rock, pop, and country. Sara's songs have been featured in numerous film & TV shows, including Grey's Anatomy. ... more

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