Secrets

lyrics by Leslie Berry, music by David Berry

Lost my way,
Found myself covering the same old ground.
Sweet homecoming,
Goin’ back to the place I was born.
Thought somehow
I’d recover some long-lost, prized possession.

Wooded path,
Covered over with weeds, neglect, and time.
Rusty old key,
Lost long ago, secrets locked away forever
In an old trunk,
In an attic room, full of things forgotten.

Widowed spider,
Protecting old memories and buried treasures.
I look inside,
Only to find letters smelling of perfume and stained with tears
And photographs
Of classmates whose names are all forgotten.

My first shoes,
Souvenirs, a china doll from Madrid,
Ruby-red glass from Venice...
I’m thinking of you
And the private moments we shared.

To you I disclosed everything,
My secrets locked inside of you forever...
Too painful to remember
And too precious to forget.

Leslie Berry: vocals, background vocals
David Berry: keyboards, sequencer programming
Kenneth Law: cello
Rachel Burgess: congas/bongos