Name: crocus and the daisies
Duration: P00H03M58S
Description: Started writing this song almost 20 years ago when I had just finished chemo and used to perform it with my band Wormwood Scrubs back in the day. I felt it calling to me recently. Like it belonged as a sister to “It’s Been A Year”. So I took it out and dusted it off, re-recorded it and added a new bridge. Just in time for Spring to bloom again.

crocus and the daisies

from it’s been a year by Larissa Rook

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Started writing this song almost 20 years ago when I had just finished chemo and used to perform it with my band Wormwood Scrubs back in the day. I felt it calling to me recently. Like it belonged as a sister to “It’s Been A Year”. So I took it out and dusted it off, re-recorded it and added a new bridge. Just in time for Spring to bloom again.

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Crocus and the Daisies

A bell rings in the station
No one picks up the phone
Windows rolled down
As I drive down the road
A heavy scent of cedar
Lingers in the air
And I wonder where the year has gone
How did I get here?

What a strange surprise
Being out in the cold
I never felt so alive
And I never felt so old

Well the air is much warmer
The flowers in bloom
The crocus, the daisies,
Forsythia too
Coffee is bitter
Blankets are rough
Funny how I’ve grown to hate
The things I used to love

What a strange surprise
Being out in the cold
I never felt so alive
And I never felt so old

And after a long winter’s sleep
She awoke
To the sound of ice melting
Water dripping from the roof
She stepped outside
Onto the wooden porch
And noticed
Where once was land
Was now an ocean
And she tore her skirt
To make a sail
And said,
“I’m the Captain,
Here’s the champagne.
Happy New Year.”

What a strange surprise
Being out in the cold
I never felt so alive
And I never felt so old

Words and music by Larissa Rook

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from it’s been a year, released March 20, 2022
Words and music by Larissa Rook, copyright 2003, 2022

Larissa Rook: vocals, keyboards

All songs written, recorded, and produced by Larissa Rook

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Larissa Rook (aka Larissa Dalle and former keyboardist/singer for Wormwood Scrubs) to release self-recorded/produced album in 2020.

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