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Originally commissioned by Sinfonia Viva

lyrics

We all make mistakes sometimes,
we all fall down as we walk along the road
getting back on our feet again, is how we grow...

I will have a go, give it a try
if you give me some wings I will get up and fly,
if I find I'm too close to the sun,
I'll take off again, I have only begun...

I will know this time, as my feathers unfurl
how to rise up again, how to see the world...

When I fall, and I am down on the floor,
I have a different view, everything looks new,
I start to notice things I've never seen before.

I was born with grit, and scrap and spice,
It's not always easy and it's not always nice,
I'm not here to get everything right,
but I'll always try, always put up a fight.

I am not perfect, I’m not supposed to be,
but the one thing I perfectly am is me!

When I fall, and I am down on the floor,
I have a different view, everything looks new,
I start to notice things I've never seen before.

We all make mistakes sometimes,
we all fall down as we walk along the road
getting back on our feet again, is how we grow….
this is how we grow.

credits

from This Is How We Grow, released October 7, 2022
Music by Raph Clarkson

Words by Hazel Gould

Musicians:

Fini Bearman - Lead Vox
Raph Clarkson - Trombone
Laura Jurd - Trumpet
Naomi Burrell - Violin
Alison D’Souza - Viola
Zosia Jagodzinska - Cello
John Parricelli - Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Phil Merriman - Piano, Keys, Synths (Prophet 5, Nord)
Arthur O’Hara - Electric Bass
Simon Roth - Drums

Childrens Voices:

Gillespie Primary School, London: Year 6 (2020-21)

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Raph Clarkson Bristol, UK

trombonist, composer, improviser, arranger

current projects:
-Songs for Childhood

-Raph Clarkson's Dissolute Society 'This is How we Grow' - album out summer 2022

-Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon (Ghana/UK)

-Goldsteppers (UK ska& reggae)

-Equal Spirits (SA-UK collab)

-London Rhymes

-workshops & commissions for OAE, Sinfonia Viva, Spitalfields Music, Mindful Music, Engines Orchestra ... more

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