Name: 9. Mother and Daughter 1977
Duration: 5 min 6 s
Channel: Heidi G. Wolfson
Description: Free MP3 download. This song was a breakthrough on both fronts. Lyrically, it is more direct than previous songs. Musically, I broke away from simple chords and began working with runs. These became a trademark, of sorts, in my songwriting.

9. Mother and Daughter 1977

Heidi Wolfson

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This song was a breakthrough on both fronts. Lyrically, it is more direct than previous songs. Musically, I broke away from simple chords and began working with runs. These became a trademark, of sorts, in my songwriting.

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Heidi Wolfson

3 CDs available: The Best of Heidi and the Wolf: Heidi's band in the 1980's/ raw energy, some rare live cuts. Mating Calls: (1996) Spoken work/hardrock fusion

Heidi Wolfson is a Philadelphia singer-songwriter. In her fourth decade of making music, Heidi is taking a slightly softer approach... but her music remains vocally interesting and the lyrics are definitely worth checking out. If you like Patti Smith, you will probably like Heidi. Have fun and thanks for listening.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Charts

Peak #832

Peak in subgenre #141

Author

Heidi G. Wolfson

Rights

1977

Uploaded

February 20, 2012

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.8 MB • 160 kbps • 5:06

Story behind the song

I moved away from home at a young age (17), and was free-floating in the world, with little to no parental support. For the most part, it was exactly what I needed to do. I lived in a room at 13th and Pine. There were no cell phones or computers at this time, and I certainly couldn't afford a telephone. I would check in with my mother by payphone, every so often. 
In this song, I simply expressed missing my mom.

Lyrics

Mother and Daughter (1977)

Bass run from G down to Em

I’ve spat at you in my hardest times
But we made the climb, Mama we made the climb
I’ve wanted to reach you all along
But life, up until now, has made it seem like such a crime

C   Cm
Mama you know, we’ll never experience unity
You and me
But now I can say I love you
I love you in my own way
And I can’t believe, it’s so easy to say

I’ve always meant to tell you how much I respect your making the break
Yet you wonder, do I think it a mistake?
I’ve always meant to tell you lots of things
But I usually wind up, not saying anything

Sometimes I get so lonely
I get so lonely, and I wonder
Are you still there?
I scrape up a dime and let it ring a few times
But what would I do if one day the dime went through
And you really weren’t there
Anywhere

The simplest thing that could ever be
Is the love and the sadness between you and me
If you were listening right now
You would say with a sigh
Heidi, how many times must I tell you
To say you and I?

Mama you know, we’ll never experience unity
You and me
But now I can say I love you
I love you in my own way
And I can’t believe It’s so easy to say

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pipedreambill

Mar 20, 2012

I like the songs and the old pictures