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WALLFLOWER

by EllY Tree

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1.
WALLFLOWER 03:47
WALLFLOWER Wallflower you are so gaudy Wallflower you are so lovely Why do you hide yourself up against the wall? Wallflower is it seemly Making your home in broken masonry Dressed in such gorgeous, velvet, multi-coloured motley? Take me where your dressmaker fashions your clothing And did I hear the wallflower reply... I live as I please. I dance with the breeze Nobody tells me where to grow No-one takes too much notice of me Except the bees, except the bees, except the bees. And the bees will love me forever, far better than you Wouldn't you like to be as beautiful as me? I am the mistress of my days Catch the scent of me, catch the sight of me Drifting through summer's embraces And then watch me fade, watch me fade Said the wallflower, wallflower Wallflower, wallflower.
2.
WALK ON WATER And I was drowning in your almond eyes And the stars on your brow Were shining like the moon on the water Ooh will you walk on water Do you believe we can Ooh, will you walk on water, do you believe we can? Do you remember when planketon lit the midnight waves Our feet made constellations in the sand And the sea was like a mirror And I have tried to mirror And I have walked that silver path And still now darling will you follow? Will you walk on water Because we can walk on water if we believe we can Ooh will you walk on water Do you believe we can? Ooh will you walk on water Do you believe we can? I remember the first time you touched me Your fingers lit me like a meteor shower You sparked me like a Van der Graff filled my veins with fire And lead me down that silver path And you said darling will you follow Will you walk on water Because we can walk on water if we believe we can And I was drowning in your almond eyes And the stars on your brow Were shining like the moon on the water Oh oh then the rain came down I have never seen such rain And the sea was black as anger And we washed up and stranded And oh we lost that silver path But still now darling will you follow Will you walk on water, Because we can walk on water If we believe we can, if we believe we can If we believe……
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ARIEL'S SONG 03:11
ARIEL'S SONG ARIEL'S SONG words from The Tempest by William Shakespeare Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made Those are pearls that were his eyes Nothing of him that doth fa-a-ade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell Ding dong ding dong Ding dong ding dong ding dong Ding dong bell Ding dong ding dong Ding dong ding dong ding dong Ding dong bell
4.
EINSTEIN IN THE PATENT OFFICE There are some flowers in this crown of thorn Some beauty woven through the pain There is excitement in a dangerous place We weigh the loss against the gain We weigh the loss against the gain Both owls and flowers have taken flight in me Beating their petal-driven wings Revolving endlessly inside my skul The circle ends where it begin The circle ends where it begins And Einstein is in the patent office Unsynchronising time (unsynchronising time) And Mr Jones is getting hyper in the wings and Debbie is just hanging on the telephone line Timing is everything but time's a bitch Sneaking up to pass you by Fast or slow it runs but which is which? While minutes crawl the years fly While minutes crawl the years are flying by And Einstein is in the patent office Unsynchronising time, unsynchronising time And Mr Jones is sniffing cocaine in the wings Debbie's going mental on the telephone line Both owls and flowers in this crown of thorns Some beauty woven through the pain
5.
THIS SALTY DOG Salty dog howled the whole night long Salty dog sang a mournful song Salty dog wouldn't let me sleep Salty dog swam the cripple creek And he went woo woo woo woo-oo woo Woo woo woo woo-oo woo Woo- ooo, woo -ooo In the night when the north wind screams In the night in your troubled dreams In the night you can hear him wail Through the night till the sky turns pale And he goes woo woo woo woo-oo woo Woo woo woo woo-oo woo Woo- ooo, woo -ooo Salty dog's never seen the sea Salty dog lives in you and me Salty dog gets to every part Salty dog penetrates your heart He goes woo woo woo woo-oo woo Woo woo woo woo-oo woo Woo- ooo, woo -ooo Salty dog Salty dog Won't you go to sleep Won't you go to sleep
6.
THE PASSING BELL I heard them singing in the abbey by the sea Caught the lilt of their plainsong flowing free The gulls were circling round me in the summer sky And the centuries fell backwards, so did I. The past lives all around us But the future will not tell And time just keeps on ringing like a bell, ringing the passing bell Oh I felt his yearning to lie in homely ground And I saw his sad eyes burning, flaming up through the mound The wind that blew up from the river and it shook the leafless wood And the centuries fell backwards where I stood The past lives all around us But the future will not tell And time is ringing out Like a bell, ringing the passing bell Ringing(ringing ringing) the passing bell Ringing(ringing ringing) the passing bell Ringing (ringing ringing) the passing bell
7.
IT'S ALL OUT THERE Lines on a map, crossing the borders Where's here? Where's there? In this insulator, incubator We breathe other people's air It's inconsistent, the only constant is distance It's all out there moving in and out of focus It's all out there moving in and out of focus Seen from the air glacial snow Long gone, far below Blanching rotor bones, frozen debris , Littering the scree It's inconsistent, the only constant is distance It's all out there moving in and out of focus It's all out there moving in and out of focus No place is our place, not anywhere Who knows where Misplaced, displaced we only know We must keep going, crawling over the surface Moving in and out of focus It's all... Ant trails in the forest Checkpoints and fences Lines in the sand This land That land No man's land It's inconsistent, the only constant is distance It's all out there moving in and out of focus It's all out there moving in and out of focus It's all out there moving in and out of focus It's all out there moving in and out of focus

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She's taken her time but the Wallflower has finally blossomed.

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released September 30, 2022

Helen Woodbridge: vocals, backing vocals, baritone ukulele, banjo
Andy Heasman: bass guitar, guitar
Merlyn Bruce: drums and percussion
Simon Britcliffe: production and arrangement

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EllY Tree Ipswich, UK

Original art-indie-folk. All songs composed by Helen Woodbridge and arranged by the band.

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