“My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the everchanging view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.”

—  Carole King

Tapestry ·  1981 performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQshgKO6Co
Song lyrics, Tapestry (1971)

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