Roberta (Until Now)

from A Few Stories to Tell by Peter LaQuerre

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lyrics

Roberta
Who’re going to talk to?
When you walk into the room
And you’re scanning all the faces
And they start to take their places
At the table for a meal

Things are different
When Ralph was here
He could make a friend
In fourteen minutes flat
It didn’t matter where he sat
There was always conversation
That you could steal

But what if you stole time
And dropped it in your purse
Saved it for a day
When things got worse

Then you could go back
And you could see
All the things
You couldn’t be

Until now

Roberta
Who’re going to talk to?
When you walk into that room
I hope you’ll look my way
And I hope that you will stay
The way you are today

Because you turned back time
And dropped it in your purse
Saved it for a day
When things got worse

And you went back
So you could see
All the things
You couldn’t be

Until now

credits

from A Few Stories to Tell, track released May 22, 2020
(c) 2020 by Peter LaQuerre
Words and Music by Peter LaQuerre

Written, performed, and arranged by Peter LaQuerre

Instruments and software:

Lead and Background Vocals
Electric Guitar: Gibson ES335 (heavily processed)
Bass: Yamaha RBX170
Piano: The Grand VST plugin, by Steinberg
Horn ensemble pad: Steinberg Halion 6 VST Synth
Flutes, Strings: EW Symphonic Orchestra Gold Complete VST Synth
Drums: Steinberge Groove Agent 5

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered using Cubase 10.
Image, courtesy of clipart-library.com

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Singer-songwriter from Nashua, NH, USA.

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