I started writing a song about my paternal grandmother Emma. She died in 2010 at the age of 94. I had a much longer song lyrically and struggled with the song for a long time. Until I settled on the chorus as it is now, and just chopped off all of the verses after the Neoma verse. The title is a play on the title of a Woody Allen movie "Vicky Christina Barcelona". And choosing this titled gave me the final permission to be done with the song and record it.

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Emma Neoma You (12/10/15)

The keys on my accordion/ play a melody I start to hum
A forgotten song from long ago/ and some folk call it Zydeco/ It's in my bloodline

My daddy's mom was a Cajun queen/ Emma was her name
They called her Yam when she was sweet/ but she could be so mean/ like a bitter lime

and then I think of you/ and the memories that remain
you weren't always true/ but I miss you just the same

My tears are buried truth be told/ but my whiskey I cannot hold
So I run out in the pouring rain/ to shout and wash my conscience clean/ in the street light

that's when I think of you/ and the memories that remain
you weren't always true/ but I miss you just the same

Neoma leads me back inside/ and sits me where I cannot hide
she consoles me with her love/ and turns this nightmare to a dream/ she is divine
that's when I think of you/ and the memories that remain
you weren't always true/ but I miss you just the same

Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 09/02/20 09:17 AM.