Polly Paulusma
Polly Paulusma is a critically acclaimed, English singer-songwriter. In rec… Read Full Bio ↴Polly Paulusma is a critically acclaimed, English singer-songwriter. In recent years, Paulusma has toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Gary Jules, Jamie Cullum, Joseph Arthur, and Marianne Faithfull.
Throughout her 20s, Paulusma flirted with a number of occupations, from scholar (she embarked on a PhD after graduation from Cambridge University) to novelist (she was talented enough to bag a literary agent). But raised on a diet of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, music was always Paulusma’s first love. She wrote her first song aged ten, but it took 18 years of denial before she finally listened to her heart and recorded her debut album.
“Music had always been part of my life,” she says. “I’d been in bands, writing songs all along, but I’d just been doing it for the hell of it. It never crossed my mind to try and do it properly.”
It wasn’t until she recorded backing vocals for friends Ben & Jason’s last album that the penny finally dropped. “I had one of these earth shattering moments when I suddenly realised that everything I was doing was wrong and that I should be doing this instead,” she says. “It was like I got hit with an electric current – maybe I did – it was a pretty lo-fi studio so there was always that possibility! I just started crying. I thought, oh buggery fuck, here we go again.”
Throughout her 20s, Paulusma flirted with a number of occupations, from scholar (she embarked on a PhD after graduation from Cambridge University) to novelist (she was talented enough to bag a literary agent). But raised on a diet of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, music was always Paulusma’s first love. She wrote her first song aged ten, but it took 18 years of denial before she finally listened to her heart and recorded her debut album.
“Music had always been part of my life,” she says. “I’d been in bands, writing songs all along, but I’d just been doing it for the hell of it. It never crossed my mind to try and do it properly.”
It wasn’t until she recorded backing vocals for friends Ben & Jason’s last album that the penny finally dropped. “I had one of these earth shattering moments when I suddenly realised that everything I was doing was wrong and that I should be doing this instead,” she says. “It was like I got hit with an electric current – maybe I did – it was a pretty lo-fi studio so there was always that possibility! I just started crying. I thought, oh buggery fuck, here we go again.”
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Polly Paulusma Lyrics
20 Over The Hill Take me back to the evening that it all began There…
Any Other Way There's a thousand lives that I could now be leading, and…
Anywhere from Here She left this morning She left no forwarding card I watched …
Back Of Your Hand You know I nearly stayed home tonight, I've been burning…
Bracklesham Bay I know the channel so well. It feels all smooth…
Brambles and Briars Where do you stop, where do I begin? This muddle and…
Carry Me Home Spin me round, I'm blindfold Once upon a time somebody told…
Dark Side Come and ask me if I want to dance with…
Day One One day, I'll take a bottle With a good strong base And…
Dirty Circus If it's a matter of time, I'm already late. On every…
Fingers & Thumbs After I kissed you, a sweet darkness came down Fingers were…
Give It Back Can I keep my head When all around me are losing…
Godgrudge Lead me out of the mountains across the plain I can't…
I Was Made to Love You In the sky I see angels flying all over town They've…
Luminary Come on, come on, let's burn a bit brighter …
Matilda It started slowly First a finger then a thumb Matilda starte…
Mea Culpa Was he with you at the railway? Did he cradle all…
One Day One day, I'll take a bottle With a good strong base And…
Over the Hill Take me back to the evening that it all began There…
Perfect 4/4 Wires fan before you, they draw you In deep troughs and…
Robin A robin perches on my spade, her breast stained red for…
She Moves in a Secret Way On a river of sighs a boat came toward me.…
Snakeskin Snakeskin, like the shape of the shadow that used to be…
Something To Remember Me I'll carve a song out of notes of stone My tune-cut…
Sullen Volcano no, there's not enough time to contain all this life,…
Take Me Home Spin me round, I'm blindfold Once upon a time somebody told…
The Big Sky She says she sings to let it all go she gives…
The Woods The summer sun plays on the ground I feel it in…
This One I Made for You Tiny heart flutter between my fingers and my thumb You're ve…
Tired Old Eyes Little curly head, sleepy head, curled in your bed with your…
Where I We shouldn't be alone in this place, it?s a big…