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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Goldspot
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Siddhartha Khosla
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Siddhartha Khosla
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I mistook the sun for a mango
I'd fly up there and reach for it too
It's the story of something older
And bigger than me and you
And you told it in a letter
In the form of an evergreen cassette
And I played it in the morning
Till after the sun would set
[Verse 2]
See mother, I believe
That half of everything I hear is true
Between you and me
I believe the anecdotes too
[Verse 3]
If time, time could be bent
With the drop of a tear
You'd see it rained in our house for a year
This is the sound of the beating you'd hear
On the tapes, we've taped over
All of our hopes and our fears
The open verandah's been flooding for years
I always hope that I'd see you here
[Verse 4]
In the verandah, in the midnight heat
Cousins and I would wait for the rains
Singing sings about America
And then the first drops came
[Verse 5]
So don't worry, even though you were
Oceans and continents away
I heard evergreen hits, lullabies, and everything
You had to sing
[Verse 6]
See mother, I believe
That half of everything I hear is true
Between you and me
I believe the anecdotes too
[Verse 7]
If they get you through
[Verse 8]
If time, time could be bent
With the drop of a tear
You'd see it rained in our house for a year
And this is the sound of the beating you'd hear
On the tapes, we've taped over
All of our hopes and our fears
The open verandah's been flooding for years
I always hope that I'd see you here
[Verse 9]
But time, time can't be bent
With the drop of a tear
And though you say you missed out all of those years
Your voice on the tapes always kept us near
[Verse 10]
See mother, I believe
That half of everything I hear is true
Between you and me
I believe in everything you do
Written by: Siddhartha Khosla