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We arrived on the weekend, it was a 30 hour drive
From Chicago to Niland, our hometown of such a small size
Aunt Kathleen was cooking our favorite meal
I could see through your shirt, if only you could see how I feel
Oh the sweat it drips down my face

The table fell over and the wine stained your blouse
I heard you turn on the shower so I walked up the stairs in your house
The bedroom door was open, and so I sat on your bed
I heard you turn off the shower and my cheeks were turning red
And the sweat it drips off my face

Don’t you know I love you so, Emmeline
Come with me to Chicago
All the while our hearts will grow
We’ll fly away like two swallows, Emmeline

Your blankets were flannel in the winter that year
Your room smelt like lavender, so different than the Salton Sea air
The girls in the city, well they just ain’t the same
I’d risk it all for you, I’d change my DNA
The water must have been dripping everywhere

I had my eye on the doorknob, like the scope of a gun
I had my mind of your eyelashes, cut through the California sun
As the door opened, wrapped in your white towel
I patted the bed next to me and we sat there for quite a while
As the water dripped from your hair

credits

from The Turtledove, the Swallow, and the Crane, released October 7, 2014
Vocals - Matthew Tinken, Bernard and Rachel Chadwick, Matthew and Lauren Meares
Electric Guitar - Scott Cowan
Bass Guitar - Peter Mandrillo
Acoustic Guitar and Piano - Matthew Tinken
Drums - Christopher Morrison

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The Selfish Giant - the songs of Matthew Tinken with the help of Bernard Chadwick, Scott Cowan, Christopher Morrison, Peter Mandrillo, Carlen Walth, Austin Drake, Rachel Chadwick and Lauren Meares.

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