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lyrics

La Chance
Words by Katherine Mansfield

What a day to be born!
And what a place! …
" Mais, tu as de la chance…“ …
The bright little eyebright …
And a thousand others
All were there to greet her —
And growing so high —
Right up to the sky,
thought the butterfly,
On either side of a little lane.

" Mais, tu as de la chance, ma chere!"

Only, my dear, breathed an old snail
Who was hugging the underside of a dock leaf
Dont attempt to cross over.
Keep to this side —
The other side is just the same…
Believe me — just the same flowers —…
Stay where you are and have your little flutter in Peace —

" Mais, tu as de la chance, ma chere!"

That was enough for the butterfly.
… Never to go out into the open?
Never to venture forth?
To live, creeping up and down this side.
Her wings quivered with scorn.
Really, said she, I am not a snail!

" Mais, tu as de la chance, ma chere!"

And away she flew.

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from When I was a Bird, released May 29, 2020

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2023 Heroines of Sound Festival, 2022 The Moon Is No Door - band release - tour, 2020/21 When I was a Bird - album - maxi single, 2018/19 Now I'm a Plant, 2017/18/19: The Mark on the Wall - music theatre wp, 2018 musikprotokoll Steirischer Herbst. Avant-garde composer, pianist, electro, singer/songwriter, industrial, conceptual, krautrock, free jazz, psychedelic, postpunk, spectral, natural tuning ... more

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