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Room of One's Own

from Necessary Angels by Sara Hickman

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My grandmother, Martha Hickman, was an amazing woman who's musical career ended when she moved back to the Ozarks and got married. She played piano until the day she died, but in her youth, she and her sister had their own radio program in New York City in the 1920s.

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Room of One’s Own
Words by Sara Hickman
Music by Sara Hickman & Gerald O'Brien

Shaking her drunken head
Full of pearls
Eyes tired from fighting an unseeing world
She took the book
From the shelf
And handed it down smiling to herself
A sharing of secrets

She told me to read
This vernacular seed
Days passed between us like so many
Fallen leaves
Something inside
Could not be denied
I heard her voice
True and tried
Wanting to warn me not to forget

And all that she wanted
Was a room of her own
A place to create her heart’s
Burning song
All that she wanted was a chance to leave
More than her name in stone
More than her name in stone

A dream is a gift
Hard work and love
She said,
“If you get stuck ask for help from above.”
She warned me that life
Would give me a try
It held no remorse in passing me by
If I ignored the call

Her fingers stiff at the piano
Recalling melodies I did not know
She took a bow to the applause in her mind
An encore performance that madness designed
I felt a tear fall, ooh
I felt a tear fall from my eye

And all that she wanted
Was a room of her own
A place to create her heart’s
Burning song
All that she wanted was a chance to leave
More than her name in stone
Oh, more than her name in stone

The smell of death dated her breath
Old-fashioned drinks laced with regret
She’d courted fame but they’d never met

I took a walk when I finished the book
Feeling inspired
She was weak when I saw her working in the yard
I promised to follow the path she’d begun
I promised to sing the songs she’d never sung
And I smiled to myself as I told her

All that I want is a room of my own
A place to create my heart’s
Burning song
Oh, all that I want is this chance to leave
More than my name in stone
Oh, more than my name in stone

credits

from Necessary Angels, released October 4, 1994
Arranged by Paul Fox and Sara Hickman
Remixed by Kevin Smith

Acoustic and Nashville guitars, backing vocals---Sara
Electric, acoustic and Nashville guitars; mandolin, calliope and backing vocals---Adrian Belew
Bass---Tony Levin
Percussion/drums---Jerry Marotta
Piano---David Sancious

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Sara Hickman Austin, Texas

Sara Hickman's career in music began at 7, winning first place in a school talent show. She's appeared twice on "The Tonight Show;" at Carnegie Hall; performed on tv, radio & at hundreds of festivals, theatres, clubs and house concerts around the world. 2010 Texas State Musician (between Willie Nelson & Lyle Lovett). She created 2 volumes of the Texas Musicians Coloring Book & has over 18 albums. ... more

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