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by Jackie Paladino

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inspired by the desire to mend broken ties within one's family.

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I keep their picture in a broken frame
‘Cause they’re a family from a broken home
They keep calling out my name
But I much prefer to be alone

So, I run away
But, not far enough
Only make it to the bridge
The water calls my bluff

‘Cause the war’s gone on for far too long
Thought it’d only last a season, but it turns out we were wrong

(verse)

This is not, what I wanted
& This is NOT, what you planned
& I could start by forgiving
If you’d just understand

I was drowning in a sea of pain
Looking for light to lead ashore
I kept calling out their name – higher on “their”
But they couldn’t hear me anymore

So, they ran away
But, not far enough
Only made it to the bridge
The water called their bluff

‘Cause the war’s gone on for far too long
Thought it’d only last a season, but it turns out we were wrong

But this is not, what I wanted
& This is NOT, what you planned
& I could start by forgiving
If you’d just understand

(musical interlude)

Oh mother, I’ve been missing your hand
The home of your hold
The law of your land

Oh father, I’ve been needing your strength
The weight of your words
Your shelter and grace

So tell me how we gonna fix this frame?!
So tell me how we gonna fix this frame?!

This is not, what we wanted
& This is NOT, what we planned
& We could start by forgiving
If we’d just understand
If I'd just understand
If you'd just understand
If we’d just understand

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released April 30, 2020

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Jackie Paladino New York, New York

Born in New York and raised in central New Jersey, Jackie Paladino is a singer-songwriter whose voice has been compared to the likes of Corinne Bailey Rae, Billie Holiday, and Adele. As an artist, Ms. Paladino seeks to combine Leonard Cohen's sense of lyric perfectionism along with the power and soul of her favorite songstresses to “mold the ugly into something beautiful." ... more

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