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Postcard Songs

by Anna Hester

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    A CD of the 10-track album, complete with beautiful photographs by Zulfiya Wilde, artwork by Kate Cromwell, and a lyric booklet.

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1.
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 credits
2.
In the Pink 03:18
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
3.
The Visitors 04:58
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
4.
Café Sacher 02:53
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
A Line 02:53
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
9.
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 credits
10.
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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released August 6, 2021

All songs written by Anna Hester Skelton. All songs arranged by Anna Hester Skelton and Dan Wilde. Backing vocals on tracks 2, 5, and 6 written and arranged by Rachel Agard. All other vocal and instrumental parts composed by the musicians who performed them.

Anna Hester Skelton: all vocals and backing vocals; piano (tracks 4, 5, 6, 8); acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 10); electric guitar (track 2); keyboards (tracks 6, 7, 9)

Dan Wilde: acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 4, 9); additional acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 6, 7); electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9); bass guitar (tracks 4 & 9); shakers and hand claps (track 9)

Maddy Hamilton: cello (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5)

John Parker: double bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7)

Jamie Welsted: drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)

Josh Brewin: electric guitar solo on track 4

Cello recorded remotely by Maddy Hamilton. All other parts recorded by Dan Wilde at Gladeside Recordings.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Dan Wilde at Gladeside Recordings. Mastered by Eric James at Philosophers Barn Mastering.

Photography by Zulfiya Wilde. Graphic design and artwork by Kate Cromwell.

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