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Big White Dresses

from Two in a Book by Alanna and Alicia

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A song about the choices face by young women today.

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Big White Dresses - Alanna


There are big white dresses in the windows
of every third shop down the end of Sydney Road
You say, you’d look pretty ridiculous in one of those

There are For Sale signs on some of the houses
in our hood
I say, we could never afford that
and I can’t ever imagine a time when we could

But oh, the years are slipping
and no decision is becoming a decision
We say we don’t want that now
and our options drop with each tick of the clock

There are toddlers in designer-label outfits
spilling babycinos in Rathdowne street cafes
You say, darling, have you taken your pill today?

Now I’m looking at a photo of my mother
when she was as young as me
our hair is exactly the same colour
she’s out the front of her first house
with my brother on her knee

And yes, the years are slipping
and no decision is becoming the decision
We say we don’t want that now
and our options drop with each tick of the clock

There’s an old man in Saint Vincent’s Hospital
who lived a few doors down from me
as he leans out of his life
he says, “It all means nothing
except my kids and my wife”.

And are we really living?
Is no decision becoming the new tradition?
We say we don’t want that now
but when we’re at the end and looking back
will we have our doubts?

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from Two in a Book, released June 6, 2016
Written and sung by Alanna. Harmony - Alicia

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Alanna and Alicia Melbourne, Australia

Twin sisters Alanna & Alicia charm audiences from Port Fairy to the National with their original folky/jazz/roots songs, sweet harmonies and onstage warmth, wit and fun.
'deliciously idiosyncratic and saucy songs...wry, frank observations of life and love…quality quirky lyrics delivered with verve and the kind of close harmonies you'd expect from sisters.'
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