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Sister Blister

from Twinlines by Alanna and Alicia

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A song about sisters, mothers, families.

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Sister Blister
Alicia

Oh my mother she only had three brothers
Only had three brothers that’s all
She said ‘I wish I had a sister
Oh how I’ve missed her
I wish I had a sister like you’
I said ‘Be careful what you wish for
Don’t wish you had a sister
Don’t wish you had a sister like me
A sister will twist ya
Trick ya and bitch ya
She’ll become your ugly blister once a week
And the thing about sisters is
They look better from afar
You’re so much better off the way you are’

My grandmother said ‘I wish I was much younger
I wish I was much younger like you
I wish I was much younger
When the world was a wonder
The young men I would pursue’
‘No grandmother don’t you make that blunder
Don’t wish you were much younger like me
Youth is so uncertain
Now you’re done with all your flirtin’
You don’t worry who your husband’s to be
Your memories are in sepia
Your rose tinted glasses shine
You’re so much better off at eighty nine’

Barmaid Linda said ‘I wish I was a singer
I wish I was a singer like you
I wish I was a singer
And a little bit slimmer
The bright lights I would pursue’
‘No no Linda don’t wish you were a singer
Don’t wish you were a singer like me
When you sing for your dinner
The only thing that’s thinner
Is the wallet in your pocket don’t you see
And the thing about the road is
You’re mostly stuck in the stinky car
You’re so much better off behind the bar’


‘Oh big brother I wish I had a good job
I wish I had a good job like you
I wish I had a good job
Make myself a few bob
A car and a well pressed suit’
‘No Alicia don’t wish you had a good job
Don’t wish you had a good job like me
A good job will trap ya
Sap ya and zap ya
Oh you will never be free
And the thing about a good job is
You’re working for the man
You’re so much better off in your band’

Oh my mother said ‘I wish I had a sister
I wish I had a sister like you’
My grandmother said ‘I wish I was much younger
I wish I was much younger like you’
Barmaid Linda said ‘I wish I was a singer
I wish I was a singer like you’
‘Oh big brother I wish I had a good job
I wish I had a good job like you’

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from Twinlines, released June 6, 2016
Written by 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.'
Tony Hillier, Rhythms magazine. ... more

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