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Such a Long Time

by Claudia Combs Carty

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Dearest listeners,

It's been a while, but here I am releasing my new single, Such a Long Time. This song means a lot to me, and I hope you dig it!

I appreciate your listen, and should it inspire you, I would so really value you sharing with others you think might like it!

With so much love,
Claudia


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lyrics

I've been praying that the tide won't take you far away from me.
A constant state of yearning somehow became enough.
I've come to the conclusion this love's crazy but it's tough.
When I'm the crossroads I'm standing at sometimes,
I think of what I'm missing 'cuz I can't leave you behind.

I've been walking in your place only far enough away that you won't hear me there behind you.
I can't afford to keep my body or my mind.
They've both belonged to you for such a long time.
Such a long time.

And I was just a girl when you taught me how to cry.
I thought I knew about it then you made me think I'd died,
When you packed up your things and moved to New York at the end of summertime.
Then my heart expanded in the most painful way.
I thought you would leave it but instead that's where you've stayed.

I've been hoping that you'll stay around.
I still don't know a person that makes me feel the way that you do.
I can't afford to keep my body or my mind.
They've both belonged to you for such a long time.
Such a long time.
Such a long time.

When I think of your house I can smell it in my mind.
The postcards line the edges of the walls there painted lime.
I can close my eyes and make it back there in no time.
The piano in the front room where you learned to play.
So much of who I am now was developed in those days.

I've been walking in your place only far enough away that you won't hear me there behind you.
I've been hoping that you'd stay around. I still don't know a person that makes me feel the way the you do.
I can't afford to keep my body or my mind.
They've both belonged to you for such a long time.
Such a long time.
Such a long time.

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released August 18, 2023
Such a Long Time
Music and Lyrics by CCC
Produced by Justin Glasco at his studio in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
Mastered by Hans DeKline
Cover Photo by Paul Yem

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Claudia Combs Carty Los Angeles, California

Barcelona-born, Boston-raised, pianist singer-songwriter here to make you feel things.

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