Adrianne Lenker
Untitled* (Black Box, Galway, Ireland, 19 Apr 2024)
I had a sweetheart when I was 14
Gave her my whole heart though she didn’t love me
Though she didn’t love me
I moved to Boston, Jamaica Plain
Where I kissed my best friend in the warm summer rain
In the warm summer rain
So simple, I've lived a whole life through
But I don’t remember nothing before you
New York City, fell in love with a man
He asked me to marry and I gave him my hand
I gave him my hand
So simple, I've lived a whole life through
But I don’t remember nothing before you
I ended my marriage, went back home
I needed to scatter those ashes alone
Ashes alone
So simple, I've lived a whole life through
But I don’t remember nothing before you
My ocotillo, my agarita, my diamond dove
I thought I knew something of love
By the cold spring river, in the warm summer air
Felt like I knew you, like we’d always been there
So simple, I've lived a whole life through
But I haven’t loved no one before you