Little By Little

from Futureproof by Tom Cooney

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I read the news on Sunday morning
From the other side of the world
A bookcase full of made up stories
A magpie sings and I’m 8 again
In my grandparents’ back yard
A rusty fence, morning mist
(I thought it backed onto a forest)
With the sun thoughtlessly reaching through the leaves

Bravely we’ll find our own ways through time
Until it lets us go
Bravely we’ll find our own ways through time
Until it lets us go

I pictured myself searching through there
If I could only find my way in
I’d take the dog and let him lead me
Instinct simple on the spongy earth
Its infinite corners, Its circle story
I’ll never get lost if there’s no map
But now I go back there it’s just a paddock with a couple of trees

Little by little I’ll waste my days
Until I’m finally free of them
Little by little I’ll waste my days
Until I’m finally free of them

There are some things I don’t like to say
They get their power when spoken aloud
It’s a complicated story
How the simple things get left behind
But as your eyes do some growing
And forest becomes a few trees
The only ones with simple lives are
The ones who learned how to close their eyes

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from Futureproof, released July 28, 2017

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Tom Cooney Brisbane, California

Brisbane’s Tom Cooney released his third LP Futureproof on digital and vinyl formats July '17.
Recorded & produced by Lawrence Greenwood in a home studio set up on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Futureproof explores the full amplitude of life. Not just a breakup album, the record sees Tom collect a series of moments ranging from closeups to landscapes, personal to universal. ... more

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