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The Turtledove and the Swallow

from The Turtledove, the Swallow, and the Crane by The Selfish Giant

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lyrics

The cousins are coming home
Emma hopes she won’t be left alone
With Lucas the 19 year old
Who studies math at the University of Chicago
At the table

Kathleen whispers in Emma’s ear
Your jeans are too tight and your blouse is too sheer
Mother do you think I care
For any word your folded voice slips in my ear
At the table

Garlic skin cleaves to stainless steel
Bread’s baking for the nephews’ favorite meal
Emma bites her anxious tongue
Everything tastes more and more like copper blood
At the table

Why on earth do we live in this barren god-forsaken desert town
All that I can say my dear is my heart has drawn me home
Los Angeles would take us back, I know, mother can’t we go on home
Like a swallow builds a nest I have gathered stones here
The sun is my absent abusive Father beating on my brow all day
The sun has woke you every morning with a warm kiss on your face
The Salton Sea it is my mother and all around is the stench of death
The Sea is home to birds in winter, the crane has nowhere else to go

This place is terrible
I can go nowhere
This place is beautiful
I can go nowhere

credits

from The Turtledove, the Swallow, and the Crane, released October 7, 2014
Vocals - Matthew Tinken, Rachel Chadwick, and Lauren Meares
Acoustic Guitar and Bass Guitar - Matthew Tinken
Electric Guitar - Scott Cowan
Drums - Christopher Morrison
Trumpet and Flugelhorn - Austin Drake
Accordion - Bernard Chadwick

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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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