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Beautiful

by Cassandra Lewis

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I wrote "Beautiful" in 2012 while reflecting about the loss of childhood wonder through my experience of severe childhood trauma, abandonment, and the reckoning of these things within our family. It also touches on the feelings of self doubt that can arise from complex childhood PTSD, added societal pressures which can seriously harm the development of a person, the journey to overcoming those debilitating effects, and taking control of this short life we are blessed with so we can truly begin to live a beautiful life as humans... It serves as a call for change to those who take much more than they give back to humanity. It's a bit of a fuck you to anyone who doesn't take responsibility for their part in this broken system.

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When I was a little girl nobody told me life would be this hard

Oh No.

But I kept travelin' down the road, my dreams they seemed so very very far

Uh huh.

And it's so easy to give up

And It's so easy to give in

And It's so easy to believe your cup is empty

Uh huh

When I was a little girl my momma said that life would be just beautiful,

But when I was just 5 years old my daddy left us cryin' in the hall

uh huh.

And it's so easy to give up

It's so easy to give in

and it's so easy to believe that you're the reason for it.

Well it's a shameful situation that society should tell us how to feel

They try to tell us who to marry who to fight and how to love. It isn't real

Oh no

But I'm takin' back my freedom

I ain't doin' what i'm told

and i'm takin' back my body

and i'm fighting for my soul

and i'm sendin' out a message

that we all deserve the same

and if you are blind to all this truth

honey then you're the one's to blame

when I was a little girl my momma said that life would be just beautiful,

Oh and it is, Idn't it?

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released July 14, 2021
"Beautiful" was written/composed/arranged by Cassandra Lewis

Produced by David Jacobs-Strain and Christopher Worth with Cassandra Lewis
Associate Producer: Graham Patzner

Mixed by David Jacobs-Strain at Grange in Sisters, OR

Basic Tracks recorded at Bird & Egg Studios with Nino Moschella
Additional tracks recorded at The Rhududu with David Jacobs-Strain and Christopher Worth

Lead Guitar, Vocals- Cassandra Lewis
Electric Guitar- Trevor Bahnson
Violin- Graham Patzner
Dobro, Percussion, Bass- David Jacobs- Strain
Harmonies- Christopher Worth

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Cassandra Lewis - The Foxxtones Portland, Oregon

Cassandra Lewis has been aptly described as Cosmic Americana delivering a swirl of dulcet velvet heartache, personal hell and a hot mess of truth...

Simple, strong storytelling written from the life and mind of Cass reveals intricate experiences, deep feels, wailing pain, and self actualization...
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