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Brass Buttons Lyrics
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues
And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
My mind was young until she grew
My secret thoughts known only by the few
It was a dream much to real to be leaned against too long
All the time I think she knew
Her words still dance inside my head
Her comb still lies beside my bed
And the sun comes up without her, it just doesn't know she's gone
Oh, but I remember everything she said
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues
And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues
And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
My secret thoughts known only by the few
It was a dream much to real to be leaned against too long
All the time I think she knew
Her comb still lies beside my bed
And the sun comes up without her, it just doesn't know she's gone
Oh, but I remember everything she said
Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues
And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
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Brass Buttons is a song that Gram wrote about his mother. She was in the hospital with some sort of disease from alcohol. Potentially liver cancer. But she died in the hospital. There was a conspiracy theory that Gram's step-dad gave her alcohol in the hospital and that was what killed her. No one knows for sure. But this song was written by Gram before his days with the Byrds or the International Submarine Band. It eventually ended up on "Grievous Angel"
@gulfman_74 I\'ve heard the same story. Nicely put! :-)
@gulfman_74 I\'ve heard the same story. Nicely put! :-)
Drunk mother's child's lament. Its all too true