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A Good Life with A Bad Apple

from Green by Helen McCookerybook

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Dedicated to Susan, who was traded in for another model!

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From a seed there grew a sapling
From a sapling grew a tree
And on that tree there grew an apple
And how it tempted me.Not all fruit has to be forbidden;
I heard this one grew just for me
That's why I chose to pick that apple
From the apple tree.

Time went by that rosy apple
Began to lose it's lovely shine
But I still loved it with all it's wrinkles,
Loved it's laughter lines.

Yes I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
I tried to keep a shine
I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
Cos at least that apple was mine.

Time's the same for everybody
we all change as years go by
But the taste of a beautiful apple
That taste should never die.

I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
I tried to keep a shine
I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
Cos at least that apple was mine.

Oh bad apple!

One day I reached out for that apple
Other hands were reaching too
That's when I lost that shiny apple
That's when I lost you.

Shiny apples have many faces
Shiny apples have many sides
The side of the apple that I couldn't see
Was the side where truth had died.

I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
I tried to keep a shine
I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
Cos I thought that apple was mine.
I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
I tried to keep a shine
I tried to live a good life with a bad apple
Cos I thought that apple was mine.

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from Green, released June 17, 2019
Gillian Wood on Cello
Bass/guitar/vocals by Helen McCookerybook

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Helen McCookerybook UK

Helen McCookerybook is an outstanding songwriter who's beginnings formed in the punk era, old associates The Monochrome Set/The Pirhanas her first band was The Chefs (John Peel fave) She later signed to RCA with her band The Horns and had a couple of minor hits
Helen took 20 years out to become a Mum and PHD, taking up her songwriting again in 2003. Suburban Pastoral was her 1st solo record. ... more

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