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lyrics

I stayed up late for my auction bid
Gently used, a VCR
Like Christmas morning for a kid
I type the numbers on my credit card

Fill my name and my address
Pay for next day delivery
Harry barks at the UPS
Harry and me keep our own company

Treasures buried in my mind
They come alive and fill the screen
Memories I had left behind
It’s been years since I’d last seen
The places that I used to go
The faces that I used to know

The basement shelves are in a mess
Joan would tear a strip off me
Stacks of books and VHS
Under the dust, a memory
The labels peel, the cases fade
Every tape a new surprise
Birthday parties, friends we made,
Babies grow before my eyes

Treasures buried in my mind
They come alive and fill the screen
When it ends, I press rewind
It’s been years since I’d last seen
The places that I used to go
The faces that I used to know

The final show to end the night
Our wedding day in late July
Joanie’s dress of lily white
Fast and forward, the good times fly
For every photo in our book
She held the camera and made us smile
Now I remember how she looked
I haven’t seen her in a long, long while

Treasures buried in my mind
They come alive and fill the screen
When it ends, I press rewind
It’s been years since I’d last seen
The places that I used to go
The faces that I used to know

Joanie in her wedding dress
She visits me on VHS

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from Old News, released October 14, 2022
Terra Spencer - piano
Ben Caplan - vocals
Ronald Hynes - upright bass

Produced by Ben Caplan
Engineered by Thomas Stajcer at Fang Recording
Mixed and edited by Daniel Ledwell
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

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Terra Spencer Windsor, Nova Scotia

Raised on the mud banks of the Avon River, award-winning Nova Scotian funeral director-turned-songwriter Terra Spencer has won over audiences in Canada, the UK, and Germany since her 2018 debut. She has already crafted a catalogue of startlingly intimate songs, marrying fingerstyle guitar, gospel piano, and her butterscotch voice with sly humour and '70s wood-paneled warmth. ... more

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