Rotations from ANNIVERSARY by Adeem the Artist

Isley Dale is balanced, flexing talent on a chair
Looks at me in between locks of golden hair
Improvising wordless harmonies to all my songs
Grabs a ukulele and begins to strum along

And I know it goes fast
Everybody says that
It’s just a thing you’re supposed to say
But it’s real
And you can’t know how it feels
Until you’re well on your way

How many rotations am I gonna get with you?
To share with you the wisdom & magic spells I have accrued?
All the laughter and the longing,
Writing down or not recalling
Bad jokes & silly drawings
On any misadventure you can choose
When I’m gone, you’ll carry on & carry all that there is left of me with you

Now Isley’s in the backyard with fists of Dandelion
Mixing potions up in mason jars with mint and wild violet
Were that I could trap that laughter in a vial around my neck,
Save it for the hard times so that I could open it

‘Cause I know it goes fast

Everybody says that
It’s on every fellow parents lips
But it’s true, and it’s coming fast for you
That sweet and beautiful eclipse

And I know that you are not me
I would never ask you to be
You are more than I could honestly ever have expected to be true
But when I’m gone, you’ll carry on
& carry all that there is left of me with you

• Americana
• Country
• alt-country
• folk
• singer-songwriter
• Knoxville