Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Counting Stars
Seems like so much more
Time goes by than that
Hard to believe it's all real time
I'm sorry I can't be there with everyone on Christmas
To help bring in wood for the fire
And carry a stack of warm plates
To the table where the goose is served
I got in damned trouble again
It's like every year I get in trouble at Christmas time
Is to where I expect in the rain and the darkness of November
Leaves me feeling lost and hopeless
So I went to a bar by myself to try and forget
That I had nothing and no one
And I got into a fight with a big loud jock
He left me counting stars on the floor
Every damn year is the same
I say I'll come home
Once I got a little more to show for myself
Than just getting in trouble
We were counting stars on the ski slopes
Wearing all our clothes up against winter's snap
Scampering up hell to steal a run
On the Mohawk toboggan
And later on we watched the hockey game
With beer and cigarettes
And finally we lay down to sleep
In the small beds of our childhood
Counting stars with the wavy glass
Of the old storm windows
On the big, long, crazy
Mohawk toboggan
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Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Biography
Along with their older sister Jane, the sisters grew up in the small suburb of St-Savour a mile outside of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Their parents, Frank McGarrigle and Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ McGarrigle Latremouille, taught them to sing and play instruments from an early age, resulting in the siters being talented multi-instumentalists as well as singers and songwriters.
Their first album, self-titled, was released by Warner Bros. in 1975. At that point, the two had already had considerable success as songwriters, including Anna’s ‘Heart like wheel’, which featured as the title track on a 1974 smash-hit album by Linda Ronstadt.
The sisters music is known for the use of traditional instruments, especially the button accordion, and for drawing on their French-Canadian heritage. Most albums mix songs in English and French, but they have also done two albums completely in French: French Record/Entre La Jeunesse Et La Sagesse (1980) and La Vache Qui Pleure (2003).
Besides having their songs covered by artist ranging from Nana Mouskori to Petshop Boys, the McGarrigle sisters are also known for having collaborated with well-regarded muscians such as Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson and Nick Cave and the Bad seeds.
In 1994, they were made members of the order of Canada, and recived the Governor' general award in 2004. 2010, they were given the MOJO roots award.
Kate Mcgarrigle married American folk singer Loudon Wainwright in 1970. Toghther, they had two children: Rufus Wainwright (1973) and Martha Wainwright (1976). Both are muscians.