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Scene from a Cafe

from Songs from Home by Jamie Anderson

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Warm summer evening, dinner with a friend
A voice from long ago startles me, “Hey how you been?”
Your face so familiar, where has the time gone?
Your 12-year-old asks me, “How do you know my mom?”
A lot of answers go through my mind, some are funny, some unkind
I went for polite and safe
As you stood there with your kids and what’s his name

After all this time have you erased me from your life?
Even your son doesn’t know you used to have a wife

There on the sidewalk in that outdoor café
We exchanged pleasantries, hardly knowing what to say
I joked with your boy that I’m a celebrity
What’s his name crossed his arms and glared at me

After all this time have you erased me from your life?
Even your son doesn’t know you used to have a wife

I don’t think of you every day but you’re in my memory
The time you slipped on that ring, said you’d always care for me

After all this time have you erased me from your life?
Maybe someday you’ll tell your kids you used to have a wife

© 2019 Jamie Anderson

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from Songs from Home, released August 23, 2020

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Jamie Anderson Ottawa, Ontario

Jamie Anderson has played her unique original songs in hundreds of venues in four countries. She’s contemporary folk without the Birkenstocks, pop without the meat dress, and jazz without the weird chords. Her 11 recordings have sold in the thousands.

“A barrel of laughs and a whole lot of fun.” – Amanda Putz, CBC
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