Washington Sun

from Memory Lake by Colette Rivers

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About my childhood, growing up in Washington State before I moved to New Zealand.
8 year-old kid memories.

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8 year-old me, curly ringlets, wearing spandex in neon pink & green
On a new bike, spokey-dokies, clinking clopping,
as the wheels are turning around
To the market- chore money in my pocket
Sing to myself and the horses in the field.

Catching tadpoles in Cougar Creek then watching them grow
& the dogs are wet and waiting for their stick to be thrown
& I am here & I am young
Eating lemonheads and soaking in the Washington sun.

Up the ladder to the treehouse, in the corner of the backyard that I know
My big sister, she’s in charge- she plays the mother
And what she says goes
Plastic flowers decorate the walls in here
In our own world, surrounded by a sea of pines.

So many years ago
& half a world away
I lingered there a while
But there I couldn’t stay
I can’t go down dusty roads
Past is past- no turning back.

Catching tadpoles in Cougar Creek then watching them grow
& the dogs are wet and waiting for their stick to be thrown
& I am here & I am young
Eating lemonheads and soaking in the Washington sun.

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from Memory Lake, released January 15, 2021
© Ⓟ 2021 Colette Rivers
All rights reserved.
Written, produced and performed by Colette Rivers.

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Colette Rivers Wellington, New Zealand

Colette Rivers is an American-born, New-Zealand raised, self-proclaimed 'Kiwi'.
This doesn’t sound like a debut album, as it is full of confidence and assuredness, as if the person at the heart of it all had been doing this for many years. 
We have folk and singer-songwriter styles being mashed together with indie and alternative rock by someone who knows exactly what she wants to achieve.
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