The Sharehouse

from Two in a Book by Alanna and Alicia

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The Sharehouse - Alicia

I have never met a boy as weird as you
I know it might sound like an insult
But that’s not what I was trying to do
And it’s rented houses and no backyards
And half arsed jobs after we’ve studied so hard
And I’m working late, spend my life on the train
Looks like I’m eating dinner from a can again
Did you know our conversation was the best part of my day?
You put your comic spin on my bleak situation
Make me feel like I’m in some play.

We’re getting too old for this sharehouse circuit
Sleeping alone in our double beds
The sink is crowded, the fridge is bare
The pot plants should never have been left in my care
And I have never met a boy quite as weird as you
I know, I know it might sound like an insult
But that’s not what I was trying to do
We’re irrationally jealous of our parents’ generation
With their retirement funds and their free education
While our knees are buckling, we’re craning our necks
To see a life beyond the crippling weight of our HECS.

I’m so glad you could make it
Hey I’m so glad you could come rescue me
I’m surrounded by all these smug couples
They’re whinging about the rising price of houses
The days are gone when they were alone like me
And we would stay up drinking, talk about love for hours
Yeah they’re telling me it’s high time that I did something with my life
To stop procrastinating
They’re talking about my life like it’s this rundown house
In some serious need of home decorating
So it’s not surprising our conversation was the best part of my day.

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from Two in a Book, released June 6, 2016
Written and sung 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.'
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