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Coronation Dance

from The Aviary by Ana Silvera

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I walk at low tide
And watch that rag-grey sea
Trammel down the shoreline
To tear dust factories

And I salute the magpie
And sing a sad luck blues
And try to find a picture
That could take the place of you

But you're residing in me
An unintended guest
And now you've brought your friends and all your family
I've not a second's rest

I know I sinned and gambled and I wagered that I was immune
Like Troilus in the temple mocking star-struck lovers much too soon
It was me of course who was on course to get it in the eye
Darling, won't you hear my heart come riding stoned and blind

When the city's on you, and its scratching to get in
And the night is blacker than a plague of devil's wings
I'll be waiting in the doorway, for your mouth on my skin
And the stars will rain down silver like the angel's lucky win
And the road lines will pluck tuneful on their vagrant violin
And your words will taste of bourbon, and your hands will make me sing

We'll walk at low tide
and watch that eye-glass sea
Trammel down the shoreline
To tear dust factories

With a rose of black hawthorn
And an ermine out of down
We'll toast the coronation
To the very best love in town

But now you've taken over
It's a mutiny
You've changed the locks
And left me in a strange and somehow altered key

I know I sinned and gambled and I boasted that I was immune
Like Troilus in the court I didn't count upon the sight of you
It was me, of course, who was on course to get it in the eye
Darling, won't you hear my heart come riding stoned and blind

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from The Aviary, released March 12, 2012
Performed & written by Ana Silvera Vocals/Piano: Ana Silvera Cello: Jon Cottle
Recorded at Miloco Studios, London
Produced by Ray Singer
Mixed by Daniel Rejmer

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Ana Silvera London, UK

'Stunning...magical storytelling' -The Guardian

Ana Silvera is a London-born singer- songwriter and composer whose folk and bluegrass-tinged tunes are lyrical, intimate and emotive, works of ‘lavish, vivid imagination’ (Metro). ... more

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