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Can't Catch Polly

by Sharon Murphy Music

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Can't Catch Polly is an indie-blues song exploring the theme of movement and our connection to our bodies.
I was lucky to spend a lot of time working alongside dancers and engaging with movement in 2023, and was further inspired by seeing PJ Harvey live and being as mesmerised by her movements as I was by her voice.
Ths song starts from this awestruck perspective, but the 'she' referred to by the last verse could be any one of us.

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Can't Catch Polly

VS1:
She's moving, beyond the weight of time,
Can't catch her, though she tries not to leave you behind. (x2)


Ch:
She's moving...ohhh
She's moving.

VS2:
She's reaching the places you can't reach.
Up on the cliffs and you down on the beach. (x2)

Ch:
She's reaching...ohhh
She's reaching.


VS3:
She's aching of that there is no doubt,
And that is what the moving is about. (x2)

CH:
She's aching...ohhh
She's aching.

She's reaching... ohhh,
She's reaching.

She's moving...ohhh,
She's moving.

credits

released November 3, 2023
A Hidden Door production.

Written by Sharon Murphy
Vocals & piano by Sharon Murphy
Violin by Anna Sweeney
Strings arranged by Anna Sweeney
Recorded & mixed by Alvin Sweeney

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Sharon Murphy Music

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Sharon is a singer-songwriter, composer and arts & health practitioner living in Co. Kildare.

Her most recent output includes Embrace Music’s song cycle 'Murmurations', her singles Where to Begin and Persevere (Another Year), her 2022 DECADES instrumental EP, and her 2023 release, Not the Sea.
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