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God of Lost Things

from ALBUM: Songs for the Wood by Talis Kimberley

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Written in Boston during a snowstorm, while placating my Muse with a caramel latte - celebrating lost things and found things and Elen of the Ways, and with thanks to David V Barrett who introduced me to St Anthony of Padua. (Not personally. In a folkloric sense!) Somehow a counterpart to my song 'Underpass Mary', from the studio album 'Queen of Spindles'. One may encounter the numinous anywhere, after all.

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GOD OF LOST THINGS


Street penny sacrament, what are you looking for?
Lost in a moment and found
I am the god of lost things, and I will look after you
Foundling and fallen, not where it ought to be,
Mislaid and moved around
I am the god of lost things, and I will look after you

St Anthony won’t you come round, come round
Something is lost, and it needs to be found
And I wish that you might and I wish that you may
Help me to find what I’m seeking today.

Here is the coin that you dropped on the pavement
Distracted by music ahead
I am the god of lost things and I will attend to you
Here are the gloves that you tossed on the pillow
That slipped down behind your bed
I am the god of lost things and I will attend to you.

St Anthony won’t you come round, come round
Something is lost, and it needs to be found
And I wish that you might and I wish that you may
Help me to find what I’m seeking today.

I’m a friend to the desparate and daunted
Companion to beggars and kings, I do not
Envy the thrones of the mighty, I am content
As the god of lost things

Only don’t ask me for hope or for innocence
Keep this in mind as you pray
I am the god of lost things but I cannot comfort you
Meet me in Padua if you seek pilgrimage
Elen will show you the way;
I am the god of lost things and I will be there for you.

St Anthony won’t you come round, come round
Something is lost, and it needs to be found
And I wish that you might and I wish that you may
Help me to find what I’m seeking today.
Help me to find what I’m seeking today.
Hear me St Anthony, as I pray.

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Words & music by & © Talis Kimberley 2014

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from ALBUM: Songs for the Wood, released March 5, 2014
The blond Ovation, with the Tascam, in the studio. Made shinier by Mark Long.

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Talis Kimberley UK

"I'm a songwriter and singer; my songs are spun from folklore and history, stirred well with a hazel wand and served with cake. I'll sing you ravens and bones and the story behind the story, I'll sing you bread and apples, ghosts and knitting, and bring you home with a pocketful of feathers and hope"

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