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Tina, in the green dress

by A History

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1.
Introduction 00:59
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By the eyes of the shadows I stand naked as I am there is a wind brewing in the north chasing through the thick tall bodies of the evergreens creeping away darkened clouds catching my skin with listening take a breath now and taste the air that I breathe
2.
Brother 03:36
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I will cry for you brother ‘cause that’s all that I can do I will cry for you brother by the silvery moon Since you fell into line and joined the others with a gun strapped to your side you’ll soon be running for cover Hold on to your hat my dear grab hold of your big boots whisper to me of all your last wish I will cry for you brother ‘cause that’s all that I can do I will cry for you brother hold my head up to the moon I will walk in your step though your boots are bigger snap out of your cheap civil displeasure Hold on to this hand my dear grab hold of this small body relieve me from my past sins Not a body But a ghost Not a body But a ghost Not a body But a ghost
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Grandmothers Pearls 04:53
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Red flash of her hair bag is heavy in her hand and she knows and she knows and she knows the carpet’s soft of the curtains blow big in the wind like a movie like a movie Fingers quick and ready there is sweat in her clothes and she knows and she knows and she knows Take me away take me away Cold and clean they sit tall in the photo album grandmother and son motorbike comes down the track she can see, old woman gathering herself and she knows, oh she knows Take me away take me away take me away take me away Grandmother is starting to shout somebody grab the gun the dogs are coming out they will take you far, they will take you far from here Take me away take me away she screams out take me away take me away all she’s holding is a diamond ring that her grandfather bought on their wedding day
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Mississippi Boys 03:58
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They live by the river hands at the water ocean is their blood they sleep in the darkness dank and discarded they’ll wash their hands of your love Oh boys come by steal a bottle each love holds me nearer as we sink into a fever he’ll hold my hand as I slip away oh Mississippi, say goodbye to Mississippi boys Oh boys come by steal a bottle each love holds me nearer as we sink into a fever he’ll hold my hand as I slip away Their language is strong and exotic river rides free eyes glint in the high moon we dance like royalty the war wages on Oh Jackson and Black River Pascola, Carol, Yazoo, Granada, Ohio Oh boys come by steal a bottle each love holds me nearer as we sink into a fever he’ll hold my hand as I slip away oh Mississippi, say goodbye to Mississippi boys She’s like an old love directing you forward away from the stale air she’s magnificent wild and different old Mississippi there’s nothing near Oh she wants more oh she wants more oh she wants more
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Patterns 04:20
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If you close your eyes while I undress can you hear the sound of my nakedness if you kiss me slow on the curve of my breast I wont stitch it into the seams of this wedding dress Trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart maybe you’ll get there soon Can you place your name in the space between my lips whisper the beat that my blood is going to miss let us salvage from the ruins that lay all around a little fire of love that keeps us from falling down Trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart maybe you’ll get there soon Who am I to choose what am I to loose? If you close your eyes while I undress can you hear the sound of my nakedness? Trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart trace the patterns to my heart maybe we’ll get there soon Who am I to choose what am I to loose? And my blood, my blood is going to miss you and my blood, my blood is going to miss you does she bring you to your knees does it take you there with ease?
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Interlude 00:57
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You are the night where the captured rain cascades perfect lashes at the windowpane in a foreign city you are the journeys tattooed on the feet of an old woman dust of the first turn of a wheel whispers of a midnight train you are a ring a simple astounding trace worn by hands that mould the earth and hold the blood you are the blood you are the blood you are the blood
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FOX 03:51
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Foxy foxy where you trotting I can see your eyes are rotten you’ve been giving yourself way foxy foxy the streets are mean one day you got to get yourself clean look into the wishing well Where you riding with the boys? Where you riding with the boys? I’m in an alcoholic mood I need a whiskey to sooth my sorry and dying heart Foxy foxy whats your cure I can see your lips are sore you’ve been loving them all don’t go, don’t go Sally don’t walk down that ally he’ll catch you and keep you and catch you and keep you Where you riding with the boys? Where you riding with the boys? I’m in an alcoholic mood I need a whiskey to sooth my sorry and dying heart She says that I’m a quitter well that makes me better than those teenage girls I used to fight Spin me around let me feel the sound of it turn my letters from green to red is this love or is this the death of it? Where you riding with the boys? Where you riding with the boys? I’m in an alcoholic mood I need a whiskey to sooth my sorry and dying heart Foxy foxy hold me close love me like the holy ghost we’ll fall like Bonnie and Clyde
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Boom Down 03:34
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Go down the blue line baby tell them boat men we’ve got Alice she’s got the choke and the church key tell them boat men we’ve got Alice so we can have a party tell them boat men we’ve got Alice and Tina says You can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy you can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy boom down girl, boom boom boom down boom down girl, boom boom boom down They call her the doughnut dolly tell them boat men we’ve got Alice she’ll get you fighting tell them boat men we’ve got Alice while your star gazing tell them boat men we’ve got Alice and Tina says You can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy you can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy boom down girl, boom boom boom down boom down girl, boom boom boom down She wont take you wearing the white dress tell them boat men we’ve got Alice she's a mad minute she a tough crime tell them boat men we’ve got Alice she’s so rock and roll tell them boat men we’ve got Alice and Tina says You can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy you can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy boom down girl, boom boom boom down boom down girl, boom boom boom down Take me to the cherry school boys cockadoo cockadoo dust off you dragon wagon put on your dancing shoes cockadoo cockadoo Jodie’s round the corner he’s round the bend cockadoo cockadoo and Tina says You can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy you can burn the blame Jimmy Jimmy take care Jimmy Jimmy boom down girl, boom boom boom down boom down girl, boom boom boom down etc shoot him down to get him down
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Preacher He Says 03:26
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I will wear your ring on my finger with pride your scars remain on my neck the stains that flower my dresses I will wear them the best Come come come to me come come come come to me come my lips may be ragged my heart is in tatters come come come to me come The people in town they call me a witch the women lock away their boys and their men eyes turn down the milk goes sour but my heart still beats and my fingers itch Come come come to me come come come come to me come my lips may be ragged my heart is in tatters come come come to me come Jerry’s my only resting place the warmth of the liquor and the boys throw the dice to the table the keys in the bowl you animal me animal you animal we move animal Come come come to me come come come come to me come my lips may be ragged my heart is in tatters come come come to me come The preacher on Sunday tells them lies his face all quivering red I know the truth caught inside that Jimmy’s the one I’ll wed Come come come to me come come come come to me come my lips may be ragged my heart is in tatters come come come to me come
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Good Bye New York 04:06
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You make me forgot all the words that I live for you make me neglect all this life that I’m here for like a simple melody you lift me up Goodbye New York to the junkies and the thieves so long New York I know you’ll forget me I’ve been walking mean streets for a quick release Watching the clock til you come back from work the passing of time gives me something to crave for like a simple melody you lift me up Goodbye New York tell him that I’ve gone he took all my money and my heart in one write it on the billboards ‘cause I’m running late tell him that I’m not the kind of girl to wait Something should be done something should be done You make me forgot all the words that I live for the passing of time gives me something to crave for like a simple melody you lift me up Goodbye New York tell him that I’ve gone he took all my money and my heart in one write it on the billboards ‘cause I’m running late tell him that I’m not the kind of girl to wait
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Howling 03:16
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I have loved you with the passions of the sea so bright so fierce I have loved you with the passions of the sea that’s how mountains are made Am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling I have loved you with the tenderness of feathers rustling against birds necks I have loved you with the tenderness of feathers on their flight east Am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling I have loved you with volume and grace honor, hunger I have loved you with volume and grace ’til the darkness uncovers Am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling am I to be howling howling
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Outro 00:56
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Entwining through centuries a delicate flesh transcends the sea and sky writing love letter with each breath the city weeps with its many winking eyes feeling the departure of another love story
13.
Missing In Action 03:11
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Jimmy’s undressing it’s late in the barracks the gun on the table that smells like his woman that smiles from the picture there’s a pain in his chest he looks in the mirror and sees and old man slingshots and silver knuckles and boom down Jimmy He’s been calling her name from faraway bedrooms dirt under fingernails scratching at stitches under the neon lights down in the tunnels Jimmy’s been playing those dangerous games slingshots silver knuckles and boom down Jimmy Tina’s undressing her skirt on the carpet a ring on the dresser a letter torn open she looks in the mirror and dimly reflected on Jimmy in tunnels playing dangerous games slingshots silver knuckles and boom down Jimmy Two young lovers side by side wars and oceans so divided paper cups and souvenirs she’ll keep her dress for seven years She picks up her suitcase and walks through the station newspaper sellers still singing of war there’s a letter inside her she still hasn't written she steps on the train the man blows his whistle slingshots silver knuckles and boom down Jimmy

credits

released September 7, 2015

All songs written by Aquila Rose and G.W.Alderton

Produced by Tobin Jones
Co Produced by G.W.Alderton

Engineered and Mixed by Tobin Jones at The Park Studios
Additional Production and Arrangements on FOX by Deborah Coughlin
Mastered by Chris Le Monde at Black Saloon Studios
Album Artwork Design by Ryan Hurley

Performance

Vocals by Aquila Rose
Drums by Belinda Conde (except FOX and Missing in Action)
All other instruments and backing vocals G.W.Alderton
Bowed guitar and FX on Interlude and Outro by Tobin Jones and Aquila Rose

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