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Alone in Glasgow
04:01
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I lost your postcard
It was waiting for me in the end
Compact capital letters
Crawl in monochrome
Tucked inside a sturdy frame
This ink has travelled
A long long way to talk to me
With her regal profile watching over
No storms could weather these words away
And I hate to think of you alone in Glasgow
Holding on to edges, letting go
You’re not the only one alone in Glasgow
So take this city by the hand
A solid structure can withstand the wind
No matter how weak you may think you are
The beauty of the city’s in its bruises
The things we love get torn apart
So go on, beat your drum, dear
The fireworks shine bright tonight
Don’t resist these
Concrete walls surrounding you
Home can be a different size
And I hate to think of you alone in Glasgow
Holding on to edges, letting go
You’re not the only one alone in Glasgow
So take this city by the hand
And I hate to think of you alone in Glasgow
Holding on to edges, letting go
You’re not the only one alone in Glasgow
So take this city by the hand
Take this city by the hand
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2. |
In the Pink
03:18
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A major shift
Reach out and touch it
Dripping pink down the canvas
Hold hands and form something
Work without the pressure
Hand it over
Spin weave bleed
But wait for someone
To give you permission
You are the fairer sex
And life isn’t always fair
But you’re in the pink, can’t you see?
You’re in the pink darling
Lay down your sword, honey
We all want the same thing
And we are so proud
Of what you’ve achieved
You’re in the pink darling
Supple fingers map the music
Don’t let go of the thread here
They’re waiting for your song
Cradle all your doubts
Keep them covered
Stave off the sharp sounds
That make you a woman
That make you a woman
You are the fairer sex
And life isn’t always fair
But you’re in the pink, can’t you see?
You’re in the pink darling
Lay down your sword, honey
We all want the same thing
And we are so proud
Of what you’ve achieved
You’re in the pink darling
And we are so proud
Of what you’ve achieved
You’re in the pink darling
And we are so proud
Of what you’ve achieved
You’re in the pink darling
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3. |
The Visitors
04:58
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Movie screens and monochrome
Always misleading
Working at this doesn’t work
We need to dive in
‘Cause I wanna feel comfortable
In my own skin
I wanna feel comfortable in yours too
Maybe we can rewind our hands
Find a place to go back to
Find a place to go back to
This isn’t really home
We are visitors
Visiting our bodies, visiting our lives
Together and alone
Two different rooms in the same house
Sitting heavy, side by side
Side by side
Cover up and then reveal
Make it exciting
Where you end I begin
Darling I’m frightened
Darling I’m frightened
‘Cause I wanna feel comfortable
In my own skin
I wanna feel comfortable in yours too
Stop the clock let’s stay right here
Freeze frame of me and you
This isn’t really home
We are visitors
Visiting our bodies, visiting our lives
Together and alone
Two different rooms in the same house
Sitting heavy, side by side
Side by side
This isn’t really home
We are visitors
Visiting our bodies
Visiting our lives
This can’t be all there is
Let’s bring back the music
You could be the bassline
Underpinning me
Underpinning me
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4. |
Café Sacher
02:53
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That girl has stepped out of a painting
Witness the jewels in her hair
Tell her to come by, we’re all waiting
Smoking in Café Sacher
Smoking in Café Sacher
Hand to mouth at your wooden table
You sketch out a glittering stage
Delicately you tame the paint pearls
Unexpected glamour unfolds
Unexpected glamour unfolds
And I didn’t expect to find you here
I didn’t expect to find you here
Find you here
Smoking in Café Sacher
Breathing settles into a rhythm
The city’s learning my name
There’s no pressure to be impressive
It’s so good to see you again
It’s so good to see you again
And I didn’t expect to find you here
I didn’t expect to find you here
Find you here
Smoking in Café Sacher
I didn’t expect to find you here
I didn’t expect to find you here
Find you here
Smoking in Café Sacher
That girl has stepped out of a painting
Witness the jewels in her hair
Tell her to come by, we’re all waiting
Smoking in Café Sacher
Smoking in Café Sacher
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5. |
Goodbye to Berlin
03:37
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The indigo skyline rages a warning
We have stayed too long in this place
The victory creatures are creeping in
Our history greets us
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to all that
We’ll meet again or so they say
Goodbye to your mother
We’re willing each other
To stay awhile
Crossborder bloodlines
Words getting stuck in my teeth
They’re putting up walls inside families
But we’ll keep on dancing ‘til they tell us no
We’ll keep on dancing
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to all that
We’ll meet again or so they say
Goodbye to your mother
We’re willing each other
To stay awhile
To stay awhile
Sound the carillon bells
Sounds the carillon bells
Sound the carillon bells
Sound the carillon bells
I’m not going home
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to all that
We’ll meet again or so they say
Goodbye to your mother
We’re willing each other
To stay
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to all that
We’ll meet again or so they say
Goodbye to your mother
We’re willing each other
To stay awhile
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6. |
A Room of Your Own
03:15
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A room of your own
With room for photographs
On your windowsill
Nine smiling faces
A room of your own
With room for memories
I know you miss her
But she’ll be here soon
Deep in my mind
You’re a tall
Broad-shouldered man
Deep in my mind
You’re carrying me
A room of your own
Unlike your childhood
Where’s your brother gone?
He’s waiting somewhere
A room of your own
With room for dancing feet
You chide me when I
Don’t tap in time
Deep in my mind
You’re a tall
Broad-shouldered man
Deep in my mind
You’re carrying me
Deep in my mind
You’re a tall
Broad-shouldered man
Deep in my mind
You’re carrying me
You’re carrying me
You’re carrying me
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7. |
Storybook Home
02:55
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I’m no globetrotter
But I like walking these streets with you
You’ve never been here before
And neither have I
We stumble on churches castles
Ruins and monuments
And Fernando Pessoa smiles at us
One day I’ll cover our house
In colourful tiles
Blue and green and yellow
And there’ll be a cat
Sat out on the windowsill
Of our storybook home
Send home a postcard
Chequered impressions of a city
You want to stay here a little longer
And so do I
Long lazy mornings drinking coffee
And evenings drinking wine
And Fernando Pessoa smiles at us
One day I’ll cover our house
In colourful tiles
Blue and green and yellow
And there’ll be a cat
Sat out on the windowsill
Of our storybook home
One day I’ll cover our house
In colourful tiles
Blue and green and yellow
And there’ll be a cat
Sat out on the windowsill
Of our storybook home
Of our storybook home
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8. |
A Line
02:53
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There is a line running through everything
There is a line running through everything
And it’s a yellow line
And it’s a yellow line
You pass the thread
I weave my own contribution
My own chapter
You pass the thread
An incredible calm
Washes over me
There is a line running through everything
There is a line running through everything
And it’s a yellow line
And it’s a yellow line
You’re somewhere else
This now feels like my landscape
So speak through me
And tell her it’s going to be ok
There is a line running through everything
There is a line running through everything
And it’s a yellow line
And it’s a yellow line
You brought me here
And waited for this moment
As if to say
Here’s a song that you haven’t written yet
There is a line running through everything
There is a line running through everything
And it’s a yellow line
And it’s a yellow line
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9. |
Summer is a-Comin' in
02:31
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Summer is a-comin’ in
And I feel it singing to me
Now the sun goes under hill
Come and dance with me
Gathered under wooden beams
Domesticated forest
Pluck away the black and grey
Let the yellow in
Summer is a-comin’ in
Summer is a-comin’ in
Summer is a-comin’ in
Oh, oo, yeah
Sing sing sing
Lyric voices echo now
Layer into memory
Were they once embodied here
Upon the green?
Wilderness years moving on
Leave the past behind you
And loudly sing this happy song
Cuckoo, cuckoo
Cuckoo, cuckoo
Cuckoo, cuckoo,
Cuckoo, cuckoo
Summer is a-comin’ in
Summer is a-comin’ in
Summer is a-comin’ in
Oh, oo, yeah
Sing sing sing
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10. |
A Boat Called Friendship
03:35
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Send me a postcard from nine years ago
We took the train through the undersea tunnel
To Amsterdam
We sat on a boat and we sang madrigals
We bought vintage clothes
I rode on your shoulders
And like a child I saw the world
I saw this and thought of you
Of your eyes of your smile
Of your company
I saw this and thought of you
Nine years ago on a boat called Friendship
Send me a postcard from somebody new
I’m looking backwards but when you are steering
You must look forward
I barely know you I know you are kind
Kindness in strangers is so hard to find
When you avert your eyes
I saw this and thought of you
Of your eyes of your smile
Of your company
I saw this and thought of you
One week ago you showed me friendship
Memories piled up in boxes
So we can forget to remember
And we don’t stop to count the years
Because the distance is hard
The distance is hard
The distance is hard
The distance is hard
I saw this and thought of you
Of your eyes of your smile
Of your company
I saw this and thought of you
Nine years ago on a boat called Friendship
Send me a postcard from nine years ago
We took the train through the undersea tunnel
To Amsterdam
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Anna Hester Cambridge, UK
Singer-songwriter
New single
Summer is
a-Comin' in
OUT NOW.
Debut album Postcard Songs out Friday 6th August.
annahester.com
Photographs:
Zulfiya Wilde
Design:
Kate Cromwell
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