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This Thing

from Two in a Book by Alanna and Alicia

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    Thank you to Barry Stockley who recorded, mixed and mastered the album at Fatsound Studios with piano tracks at Steve Purcell's studio. 2010

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THIS THING - Alicia

Coldness I don’t know the language
Wasn’t spoken in my family
Wasn’t spoken at all
I know how to raise my voice
Slam doors make some noise
Got no problem with that at all

But how to have an argument
Where no words are spent
Don’t know the art of that at all

In my family we said more than we should
But we always knew where we stood
Even if where we stood
Was a little shaky underfoot

So now I’m lost in your silent landscape
I don’t know how to navigate
Don’t know these parts at all

This thing it’s been brewing for days now
Sky’s getting darker but still no rain
Never seen anything like it before

How are we meant to have a decent fight
When our styles are just so unalike?
How are we meant to forgive
By the end of the night ?
This thing it’s just no fun at all

So I’ll meet you on our private island
In the middle of my open attacks
And your silent riddles
Let’s solve them once and for all

If you try to talk
Then I’ll try not to yell
I’ll try to give you some space to come
Out of that shell
Are you ever coming out of there at all

This thing……….
These skies……..

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

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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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