From the recording Songs of Love and Distance
Music and lyrics - Paroles et musique : Claudine Vallee
Production : Avbury Studios (Matt Nozetz)
Ryan Nadin on the guitar
Ayano misses her daughter but takes comfort in the fact that Keiko is happy and that she can visit any time.
Ayano s'ennuie de Keiko mais se réconforte en sachant que sa fille est heureuse et qu'elles peuvent se rendre visite n'importe quand.
Lyrics
It’s a small world, you said.
It’s a small world, Mom.
We’d sit together, sip some tea in tiny cups,
The two of us.
Our two heads touching, scanned the leaves
For shapes of places you would see,
A face of someone you would meet.
It’s a small world, you said.
It’s a small world, Mom.
Our dreams and worries intertwined,
The apple and the leaves.
We’d laugh together, to the floor
With stories no-one else would get,
Shared secrets no-one else would hear.
It’s a small world, you said.
It’s a small world, Mom.
But here’s something I would never say,
Something I would never say :
How much I miss our every day
Since you found love so far away,
So far away.
I spill tea in my tiny cup
Won’t let my heart swallow me up.
I’ll swirl the leaves until they tell me
You are well and you are happy.
You are loved and you are happy.
It’s a small world.
It’s a small world, you said.
And it only takes a couple of days
It only takes a couple of days,
It only takes a couple of days to circle round, Mom,
It only takes a couple of days to circle round.