A live recording of The Gift with Ellis Paul (acoustic guitar and lead vocals), Laurie MacAllister (harmony vocals), Radoslav Lorković (keyboard and harmony vocals) and Don Conoscenti (acoustic guitar and harmony vocals).
Recorded by Stacy Ricco at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine on Jan. 1. 2023.
LYRICS:
I brought you gift
Inside of a shoe box Aah Aah Oo
The sign said "Welcome to Music Town"
But that's the place where my life broke down
I didn’t know where the darkness would end
Or if the light would begin
She called me up from a coffee shop
You know the one at the Belmont stop
She said, “It sounds like you could use a friend I brought a gift for you…”
She put a ribbon on an old shoe box
I could heard the tick of a pocket watch
She said, “All the time you need's in your hands”
A matchbox To burn away all of the ghosts
And Sage for the ones That haunt you the most
And a cocktail umbrella for a rainy day
And a blue bird's feather If you need to fly away
They were just trinkets from an old thrift shop
I tried to say thank you, but my voice got caught
‘Cause every treasure she revealed
Played out my life like a movie reel
She put a ribbon on an old shoe box
With a roll of coins for a jukebox
Springsteen’s a quarter away
And here's a postcard
So you’re never far from home
Of a little girl holding a pinecone
Somewhere on the coast of Maine
And there was a mini bottle of scotch She stole from an airplane
Open it up
Open it up
We raised a toast to friendships and ghosts With our coffee cups Hey, Hey
And now I’ve seen an ocean of years roll past
And my memories are like sea glass
But I can still see her hair fall in waves
And I’ll never forget the day
She put a ribbon on an old shoe box
I could smell rose petals and butterscotch
“Sweeter days are coming your way”
There was a top hat
She stole from a Monopoly game
“For the nights you’re toasting with Champagne
And a skeleton key for the doors you put hope in
And there's one for my place, in case you need One that always open”
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